Don’t over-write. 

“At least I leave something to the imagination. I analyze each emotion carefully, then set it down in as few words as possible. I’ve given them a lead, now it’s up to them to feel the rest.”

Try to take some time away from Twitter. 

“Absolute silence isn’t imperative, in fact I often have the radio going, but I must be alone. Can’t have anybody with me….. even in the next room.”

Know your work inside out. 

“I have to know my character thoroughly before I start, and know how he’d act in every situation. If I am writing about Mr. Tidwinkle’s golf game, I must also know how he would act when drunk, or at a bachelor dinner, or in the bathtub or in bed — and it must all be very real and ordinary.”

Do things because you want to.

“I write because I want to, and the way I want to and because I like it.”

If you’re not enjoying what you do, then is there really any point?