Judy Blume's Writing Tips

Chances are you've likely read at least one of her many books, now read her writing tips:
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Weekly Writing Tips - Judy Blume's Writing Tips (Pictured: Black and white photo of Judy Blume by Carl Lender )
Read Aloud - “Read your work aloud! This is the best advice I can give. When you read aloud you find out how much can be cut, how much is unnecessary. You hear how the story flows. And nothing teaches you as much about writing dialogue as listening to it.”
Banish Your Inner Critic - “When you’re writing, you’ve got to knock the critic off this shoulder, knock the censor off this shoulder, and all those voices in your head—telling you that you suck, and nobody’s going to read what you’re writing, nobody’s going to buy it or publish it—you have to leave them outside the workspace, and get rid of them.”
What You Believe Becomes Real - “I don’t believe in writer’s block. For me there’s no such thing as writer’s block—don’t even say writer’s block.”
The Secret Is There Is No Secret - “There are no hard and fast rules for writing, and no secret tricks, because what works for one person doesn’t always work for another. Everybody is different. That’s the key to the whole business of writing—your individuality.”
Don't Dwell - “It’s best not to dwell on what you’ve written, wishing it could be different. We all write what we can. We do the very best we can. You might think, oh, I wish I could write like so-and-so, but you have to write like yourself.”
Writing Prompt: You have woken up to find that you are back in elementary school. All of your thoughts and memories are still the same. How will you navigate school with what you know today?
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