Love #TenThingsNotToSayToAWriter - here's "An Etiquette Lesson" from @SarahMMcCoy on @WriterUnboxed http://bit.ly/1NyJgdA
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Oh a history book? I thought you meant like a proper book. Like Harry Potter #tenthingsnottosaytoawriter
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You should write a novel. There's more money in fiction. Why don't you write a novel? #tenthingsnottosaytoawriter
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At a signing in a book store: it sounds really interesting. I'll get it from the library next time I'm there. #tenthingsnottosaytoawriter
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#TenThingsNotToSayToAWriter "I'd totally be a writer too if I had better grammar."
Because it's all about grammar.
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#TenThingsNotToSayToAWriter "I read your thing! It's exactly like ____. Good work!"
Being told our work is derivative = not a compliment.
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#TenThingsNotToSayToAWriter "I don't like scary stories."
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#TenThingsNotToSayToAWriter "Who's your agent, and can you send my manuscript to him [sic]? It's really good."
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"So, what's the *point* of your book, though? Like, why should I read it?" #TenThingsNotToSayToAWriter #ThisReallyHappened
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"I will rip open your chest and feast on the entrails within. Such is the fate of all writers." #TenThingsNotToSayToAWriter
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#TenThingsNotToSayToAWriter "Yeah. I need a side income. I was thinking of doing what you do. You know, writing. Can't be too hard."
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Your hashtag could be tighter. #TenThingsNotToSayToAWriter
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I could never be a writer because I can’t spell. #TenThingsNotToSayToAWriter
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#TenThingsNotToSayToAWriter My dad: "You're wasting your time"
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#TenThingsNotToSayToAWriter My dad: "You're not really a writer unless your work is being read".
I was so pissed when he said that...
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#TenThingsNotToSayToAWriter My late gradma: You should quit that writing thing. It clearly hasn't worked out for you
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#TenThingsNotToSayToAWriter My dad, a few years ago: "Why do you write if you don't get it published?"
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#TenThingsNotToSayToAWriter When's the next book coming up?
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#TenThingsNotToSayToAWriter My dad: "What are you writing right now?" "Read us that sentence you just wrote."
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#TenThingsNotToSayToAWriter My mom: "You should write books for adults"
DON'T TELL ME WHAT TO WRITE!!!!
But I know she means well, though.
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Are you any good? #TenThingsNotToSayToAWriter
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How do you come up with your ideas? #TenThingsNotToSayToAWriter
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Oh you write fantasy? You mean like Tolkien? #TenThingsNotToSayToAWriter
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You're the best now that you'll ever be. #TenThingsNotToSayToAWriter
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It's unpaid but you'll be raising awareness of your work #TenThingsNotToSayToAWriter
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GENUINE QUOTE:
'All the best plays get produced.'
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GENUINE QUOTE:
'It's both too contemporary, and yet not contemporary enough'
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GENUINE QUOTE:
'I can't get my round the idea of it being sci-fi'
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'Would you like to apply for our 24-hour playwriting challenge?' #TenThingsNotToSayToAWriter
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'Quentin Letts loved it' #TenThingsNotToSayToAWriter
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