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The Best Writing Advice from Famous Authors to Change Your Life (Video)

Published September 8, 2024 | Last Updated September 8, 2024 By Nicole Bianchi Leave a Comment

Hi! I hope your writing projects are off to a fantastic start this September. After a summer break to re-energize my creativity, it’s great to be back to writing here.

The last time I wrote, I shared that I was working on a novel draft, having just hit the 52,000-word mark. I’m excited to report that the manuscript has now grown to nearly 70,000 words. It’s been quite a journey, and I’m eagerly writing the final pages. I’m hoping I’ll have some time in the upcoming weeks to share more about this project in a blog post.

In the meantime, I’ve also been busy working on a new video and just uploaded it to the YouTube channel. Watch it here or below.

Several years ago I wrote a blog post sharing the best writing advice I’d found from the letters of famous authors. I’ve adapted it for this new video. Discover inspiring advice from Louisa May Alcott, John Steinbeck, J. R. R. Tolkien, Kurt Vonnegut, T. S. Eliot, and Zora Neale Hurston.

Click on the CC button for subtitles if needed. I’d love for this video to inspire as many writers as possible. You can help by giving it a like on YouTube to encourage the algorithm to share it with more people. 

And I always love hearing your thoughts in the comments. Thank you!

I hope this video gives you a boost of motivation as we welcome a new season this month.

It’s the perfect time to revisit old projects (or start new ones!), reignite our creativity, and press on towards our goals with renewed enthusiasm as we race towards the end of the year.

In the words of F. Scott Fitzgerald, “Life starts all over again when it gets crisp in the fall.”

FURTHER RESOURCES

  • 📬 My free email newsletter, The Inkwell: https://nicolebianchi.com/newsletter/
  • ✉️ Louisa May Alcott’s 1878 letter to Miss Churchill
  • 📚 The Memoir Project by Marion Roach Smith
  • ✉️ John Steinbeck’s 1962 letter to Robert Wallsten from Steinbeck: A Life in Letters
  • ✉️ J. R. R. Tolkien’s 1955 letter to W. H. Auden
  • ✉️ Kurt Vonnegut’s 2006 letter to Xavier High School students
  • 📚 Zen in the Art of Writing by Ray Bradbury
  • ✉️ T. S. Eliot’s 1952 letter to Alice Quinn
  • ✉️ Zora Neale Hurston’s 1925 letter to Annie Nathan Meyer
  • 🎥 C. S. Lewis’s letter to a young fan
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Hi, I’m Nicole! I help creatives, business owners, and writers take their writing and copywriting to the next level and grow their online audience. I’m also a published writer of essays and short stories. As a Christian, I seek to follow in the tradition of artists like Johann Sebastian Bach, dedicating all my work Soli Deo gloria.
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“My heart is stirred by a noble theme as I recite my verses for the king; my tongue is the pen of a skillful writer.”
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