Teaching other people to write is not something I can do. The only kind of advice I can give them will be trite by its nature. Of course, read a lot, write a lot. The kind of advice I wish I had been given is all of a practical nature, having to do with publishers and agents.
Margaret AtwoodI have a fork and a spoon, but never a knifeโฆ as if Iโm lacking manual skills or teeth. I have both, however. Thatโs why Iโm not allowed a knife.
Margaret AtwoodMy family was big on sharing. I guess it was just the way I was brought up. Or maybe, I read those fairy tales in which one good turn elicits another. But in writing, yes, some older writers were kind to me when I was young; although some others were not.
Margaret Atwood