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"If you want to be a writer, you must do two things above all others: read a lot and write a lot." - Stephen King

Despite being terrified of Stephen King's books*, I need to buy a copy of his On writing urgently. I can't tell you how many times I have seen authors and bloggers recommending it. i'm not a big fan of horror stories but we must admit he is an extremely successful writer.

In this post, Jon Morrow highlights some of King's tips about writing and connects them to blogging. I found all of them very helpful.

*Granted, I've never read any of his books, only seen (a lot of) the movie adaptations and they scare me straight.

Do you like Stephen King's books? What did you think of his tips?

Writer's Corner is a new monthly feature that covers tips about writing and everything connected to it. For the previous posts, click here.

I'm so used to listening to advice with a straight face I didn't expect to crack up while reading "The ultimate guide to writing better than you do" by Colin Nissan. I found this amazing article a couple of weeks ago and was blown away. I even had to call my sister who has no particular interest in writing to read it.

Talk about good writing: he managed to impart great pieces of advice for writers and make us laugh. The article is an amazing lesson about writing in itself. 

It also has so many lines I want to use, like: "A writer’s brain is full of little gifts, like a piñata at a birthday party. It’s also full of demons, like a piñata at a birthday party in a mental hospital." 

All the tips are great and the one I need to put in practice asap is writing everyday, not just when I feel like it. 

I strongly recommend reading the post. It's short, filled with great tips and it will probably make you laugh. Hard. 

What did you think of the article and the tips? Is there any area that you really need to work on in your writing?

We are all writers here, right? Even if we don't consider ourselves starving artists we still write blog posts or college papers.

With that in mind, I'm introducing a new monthly feature called "Writer's corner". On the last Wednesday of the month I'll post tips on how to write better, interviews with authors, my personal experiences with writing and so on.

For the first Writer's corner, I'd like to begin with a great piece of advice given by author Ira Glass. I read this a couple of months ago and think it is one of the best things an aspiring writer could do (the highlights are mine):

What did you think about Glass' advice? Have you ever tried writing on a deadline?