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How to Improve Your Writing: 5 Secrets From Hollywood

by ERIC BARKER

Source: http://time.com/3955361/improve-writing-hollywood-secrets/

1. Structure lets readers know they’re in good hands. And finishing a draft is just the start. Writing is rewriting.
2. Surprise comes from knowing the expectations of your audience — and then turning them on their head.
3. The best writers know how to balance the negativity of perfectionism with the optimism that keeps them going. Making sure you have “small wins” can help.
4. Collaboration is about suspending your ego. Stop thinking about yourself and focus on what would objectively make the piece better.
5. Making a reader feel something is about honesty. You don’t have to come from the future to write science fiction but there does have to be something of yourself in the story for that emotion to show through.

Read the full article: http://time.com/3955361/improve-writing-hollywood-secrets/