“even if you write complete garbage that you don't keep you are still learning what doesn't work." author of i should be writing does anyone write by hand anymore? running dialogue between the "bully" and the new writer tells themselves," lafferty says things like "you'll never be good" or "why waste your time?" the muse is there to step she aims to do in the book another key piece of advice lafferty gives "even if you write complete garbage that you yourself about your own voice or learning about building character and plot," she says the beginnings of a novel come out of it the exercise of trying always makes her lafferty and gordon agree that advice from other writers can be extremely helpful though you should always feel free to disre- found heaps of conflicting advice-write first there are so many different ways to go from novel," she says able to tell their stories because we believe that sharing stories and listening to stories makes the world a better place." weldon is quoted as saying she liked to write gives you space between thought and language," you prefer to write your attention to your handwrit- ing and focusing on the art of penmanship can make you feel more creative and be more intentional in what you write and hand-letterer erica tighe takes you through basic exercises to improve your everyday handwriting and to learn hand-lettering and faux calligraphy techniques.-jk judi ketteler is a frequent contributor to the connection by the numbers nanowrimo may be about to back it up participated in nanowrimo twenty-nine percent of the average participant writing • the young writers to date nearly 500 nano- wrimo novels have been published.-jk
