Tara Moss Writing Advice Analysis

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7 Writing Advice from Tara Moss

Writing is Tara Moss’ passion and compulsion. She believes she was born to be a novelist and that she can make a living from her writing. She believes she was good enough to pursue writing as an occupation and not just a hobby.

Moss put her faith – in herself as a writer – into action, which was richly rewarded. Since 1999, she has written 11 books that are published in 19 countries and in 13 languages, including the bestselling and critically acclaimed Makedde Vanderwall crime fiction series, which features a feminist heroine, and the Pandora English series.

Moss published her first non-fiction book, The Fictional Woman, in 2014 to critical acclaim. In 2016, she published her second non-fiction, Speaking …show more content…

Write as you go. Write as if it’s the last thing you would do on earth, as it’s something you want to do before you die. Write that book, write that story as if you’re doing it for your beloved.

4. “Be wary of “writing rules” and advice. Do it your way.”

But if you want to be like Tara Moss, heed her advice, especially this one.

It doesn’t mean you shouldn’t follow writing tips from famous authors but they are intended to help you become a better writer not by copying what other writers do but by applying their tips on your own terms or according to your own writing goals.

Your aim is to become a better writer, not better than other writers. You are better with your own story – and you are the better person to write about it. Famous writers share advice to help emerging writers experience their own writing.

5. “It is better to do what you love for work, but if it is your day job that enables an unpaid passion, then your life is still sweeter. What is important is that you make time for your dreams, not whether or not you get paid for it.”

Whether you pursue writing as a job or a career, if you love writing, you would write, not minding where your next meal will come from and when. It is your desire to right, your passion for writing is all that matters. If you don’t write, your dream is as good as dead and you would not want that,

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