EMRYS WESTACOTT’S ADVICE TO NEW WRITERS.

TEMITOPE EMMANUEL AINA

1. Write every day. 100 words a day (which is hardly anything) = 70,000 words in two years (which is a book).

2. Be a perfectionist. Work hard in choosing your words, crafting your sentences, and organizing your text with a view to making the finished product as clear, precise, and as engaging as possible.

3. Don’t be a perfectionist. That is, don’t let an awareness of your limitations, or fear of criticism, inhibit you. When I play golf, I know perfectly well that I’m not Tiger Woods. But I can still enjoy playing, can hope to improve, and can occasionally hit a fine shot. I find it helps to adopt the same attitude toward my writing. There are many philosophers who are cleverer than me, scholars who are more erudite than me, and writers who are more creative or stylish than me. But that’s no reason for me not to have a go.

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