Want to become a better writer?

When George Plimpton asked Ernest Hemingway what the best training for an aspiring writer would be in a 1954 interview, Hem replied, "Let’s say that he should go out and hang himself because he finds that writing well is impossibly difficult. Then he should be cut down without mercy and forced by his own self to write as well as he can for the rest of his life. At least he will have the story of the hanging to commence with."
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Twitter Helps Unfinished Book Hit No. 1

An article on creative approaches to marketing for authors. John Green's latest novel hit No. 1 even though it is not yet finished. The power of social media!!
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Authors reveal secret of their craft

From the Guardian How do you set about writing a novel? What inspires a poem? Pencil or computer? Pain or pleasure? Listen in to interviews with some of our most celebrated writers recorded for the British Library http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2011/mar/26/authors-secrets-writing