Tip #1 – Store Your Notes Usually when I see great writing tips,
I have a file set up in Word called – what else? – “Writing
Tips.” I copy and paste the advice into my file to refer to when
needed. Any handwritten notes I’ve made as reminders also get
posted there. Tip #2 – Be Prepared to Write Keep writing
materials handy no matter where you go. That one item you forgot
to write down, and then forgot completely, could have been the
one fragment that made your story memorable. A true writer makes
notes everywhere they go. If we’re without a laptop, as I am, we
carry note pads and pens. JK Rowling used paper table napkins
because she used to sit in her favorite cafe lamenting on her
jobless plight – till a shift happened in her mind and she
started penning the notes for her first novel. Tip #3 –
Beginnings Avoid using empty words to start a story. Some empty
words are: There – refers to a place They – refers to people
That – refers to a thing It – refers to almost anything Without
first knowing the content you