What Writing Advice Made You See Your Work in a New Way?: From Our Readers (Comment for a Chance at Publication)
This post announces our latest From Our Readers question: What writing advice made you see your work in a new way? Comment for a chance at publication in a future issue of Writer’s Digest.
Our upcoming January/February issue is focused on new perspectives. So, we would love to know about a time when someone gave you advice or you stumbled across some advice that opened your eyes about your work as a writer.
Our formal question: What writing advice made you see your work in a new way?
I think some of the best advice I received was, “You’re not ready to write this yet.” I heard this on several occasions from different people, years apart, but it wasn’t a discouragement—merely a suggestion to sit on the idea until my style was mature enough to handle those ideas. Have you had a friend or family member say something that gave you a lightbulb moment? A fellow writer or a teacher in a workshop? Or maybe you came across a quote you found via Goodreads or an author interview? Regardless of how you stumbled across it, those words were a lightning strike to your literary soul, and we’d love to hear them!
Share your answers with us in the comments below for a chance to be published in the January/February issue of Writer's Digest.
Here are the guidelines:
- Provide an answer to the question "What writing advice made you see your work in a new way?” in the comments below.
- Answers can be funny, weird, poignant, thought-provoking, entertaining, etc.
- Remember to include your name as you would like it to appear in print.
- Deadline for commenting this time around is October 29th, 2020.
- Only comments shared below will be considered for publication, though feel free to share your answers on social media with the following hashtags: #WDReaders and #WritingAchievement.
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Since obtaining her MFA in fiction, Moriah Richard has worked with over 100 authors to help them achieve their publication dreams. As the managing editor of Writer’s Digest magazine, she spearheads the world-building column Building Better Worlds, a 2023 Eddie & Ozzie Award winner. She also runs the Flash Fiction February Challenge on the WD blog, encouraging writers to pen one microstory a day over the course of the month and share their work with other participants. As a reader, Moriah is most interested in horror, fantasy, and romance, although she will read just about anything with a great hook.
Learn more about Moriah on her personal website.
