Top Lessons by Walter Mosley

Inspired by Walter Mosley's Master Class

About routine:

• Most people get out and write every day for 2-3hrs
• By one year you will have a decent draft with 60.000-70.000 words - 500 Pages 
• Push through hard times by writing every day 

About failure: 

• A large part of our life is failure, that’s ok there will be another day
• A blank page is not a judgement to you
• Rewriting is where your novel starts
• If you write everyday you will get better tomorrow 

About the reader:

• Make the reader turn the page after every sentence 
• The character has to to be impacted by this world - learn something new, become better
• Make it so that the reader is involved 

About the transformation as a writer:

• Writing is like the discovery of your own self 
• Becoming a creator will transform you 
• Celebrate the process of writing 
• Write your own truth and believe it 
• Say all the things which you can’t say in real life through writing 
• With a novel you can live your fantasy and escape from everyday life 💫 (my favorite)