The Best Advice Paid Off This Week

It pays to listen to your mentors

I won a writing contest last week!

If you stick around long enough—which many of you have—you’ll know I have an obsession with contests.

I even asked my husband for an arm wrestle last week and he’s a stone mason. No way I’m winning that one.

But a win is a nice start to the year.

The contest involved describing the best piece of writing advice I’ve been given from a writing mentor or teacher.

A funny thing happens with writing. You often look back at a piece, even one a few weeks old, and want to rewrite it.

I feel like that about this piece now. But the advice is still my favorite.

You can read it here

P.S. There are a couple of spots left for March Writing Club.

(Numbers are strictly limited to 20.)

Perhaps you’ll get inspired to enter a contest?

Find out more here.