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      • Susan Louise Gabriel Susan Louise Gabriel 2 years ago
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      • When I was young, I loved to read and also write stories. As I got older, my style of writing was most influenced by writing requirements, such as Chicago Style Manual for college essays and technical writing best practices after I was employed as a tech and proposal writer. After that, I found it difficult to write in a more casual style because I'd learned NOT to use contractions and always write in complete sentences. And not to start a sentence with "and."

        I have to thank social media, though, for giving me back my writing style! And also my young friend, Drew, whom I met online and who was the recipient of reams of my writing—nearly all in the form of direct messages on Twitter.

        He wanted to know about me. So I told him. He asked more questions. I wrote more answers. Eventually, I had enough material to fill a book. He encouraged me to write one and dared me to do it.
        Not one to ignore a dare, I took it, and the final result was 1 to 0. Wheels of Injustice cried dutifully when Amazon guided it through the birth canal of publication as it was born.

        And the book exists because a young man in Nigeria, who became my best friend, dared me to write it.
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      • Susan Louise Gabriel Susan Louise Gabriel 2 years ago
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      • I do read all of my book reviews because I'd like to know what the readers think. How can I "write to my audience" if I don't know what my audience thinks?
        If a review has nothing in it but negative comments, I don't usually take it very seriously, but if a review has both good comments and suggestions for improvement or makes helpful comments, I try to objectively evaluate each comment to see if I can learn something that I can apply in future writings.
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      • Susan Louise Gabriel Susan Louise Gabriel 2 years ago
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      • Don't be afraid to write like you speak when telling a story, no matter what your teachers try to teach you. There are different styles of writing, and a fascinating story-teller does not use a formal essay style of writing. In fact, sometimes they don't write in complete sentences. And sometimes they start a sentence with "and." Really. They do. Analyze some novels that capture your attention and you will see.
        And write more often and more frequently! Reading is good, but writing is better.
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