What are good writers like? We might generalize from decades of experience:
They tend to be moderately insecure about their writing.
When they’re feeling confident, they think of themselves as decent writers—not excellent ones.
They’re attentive and fairly voracious readers.
They’re unsatisfied with stereotypical thinking, pat answers, and underdeveloped analysis.
They understand how, why, and how long their ideas must incubate.
They write frequently—usually daily. They tend to be early-morning writers. They know that nobody’s life is too busy to preclude opportunities to write.
They know to hold off self-criticism until after a draft is completed.
They have the patience to read and reread their work repeatedly to improve it. They enjoy the process.
They’re happy to receive thoughtfully made edits. They wouldn’t dream of resisting editors; they tend to enlist them.
They understand that writing well is magic. They know that good style is a magic wand for their ideas.
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