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a Discuss the following question below with your partner.

Have you ever tried to write a piece of work like a poem, an article, a review, a script or a story? If not,
would you like to be able to write?

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GREAT WRITING TIPS FROM J. K. ROWLING
“Just because it didn’t find an audience, that doesn’t mean it’s bad work.”
Hello, dear readers! Those who want to be writers will really love this
week’s post. For a long time, they asked us to interview with an author
about how to write a piece of work. Here is the expected one! The world-
famous writer J. K. Rowling was our guest in last week’s writing workshop.
We asked her to come and give some writing tips to those who want to be
authors. It was a very pleasant evening.
In case you haven’t heard anything about her (I think it is impossible
if you don’t live on a distant planet for about 25 years!) I will introduce her to you: J. K. Rowling is the successful
author of Harry Potter series. She achieved great success all around the world after her first book, Harry Potter and
the Philosopher’s Stone, was published in 1997. Before that, she was an aspiring writer like so many others. She
had financial problems and got feelings of depression. To top it all, she had to struggle with too many rejection
letters. Despite all the negativity in her life, she did not stop writing and eventually became the winner. We chose
some important points from this sincere interview:
Firstly, she advised the future writers to complete whatever they write even if this work doesn’t find an audience.
The perseverance and discipline in finishing a work is something that they should be proud of themselves. So, she
told aspiring writers not to stop and not to be afraid to be rejected.
She told aspiring writers to look at their inner worlds when they start writing. They should take inspiration from
themselves: personal interests, feelings, beliefs, friends and family. She thinks the best and easiest way to write is
to focus on the ideas coming from real life and their own experiences.
One of Rowling’s most important advices to the future writers was to make sure that they love what they write.
She told them to give their whole heart and to have passion for the work. It is significant to be excited and willing,
even eager, to perform writing skills.
Finally, according to her, failure is inevitable, but handling with it gives strength. She advised aspiring writers not
to give up working in a disciplined and organised way despite the fear of failure. Maybe their third, fourth or fifth
work would be appreciated by readers. But this is the path that will lead writers to success.
Here are some incredibly important advices from JK Rowling to aspiring writers. Because she is one of the best-
selling authors of all time, her intuition and common sense are, no doubt, the most trustable. All in all, if the future
writers ever feel bad about their work, they just remember twelve publishers rejected her, but she never gave up
and she succeeded at last!

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