Irene Bennett Brown

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TIPS FOR THE NEW WRITER

Ideas Whether your idea for a story comes from your own experience, the local news, a historical event – wherever, that gem must grip you by the throat with excitement and not give you rest until worked out in a finished story. Passion for a project provides stamina for the hard work required.

Technique I’m a self-taught author, learning from books on writing, lectures and workshops. But it is my belief one can ‘absorb’ good story-telling technique from reading a great deal. Maybe the finer the stories or novels you read, the better the technique you pick up? I think so.