Advice for New Authors

[yui]

I think that's vaguely clear ...

The Earl

Could you vague that up for me, then?

The best advice you can give anyone who really wants to learn to write is to read. Read the best stuff you can find, and read your ass off. Bathe in it.

Once you get past a basic command of the essentials, the quality of your writing is mostly determined by the quality of your reading.

As usual, well said, Doc.