Rules 1 to 8

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Worry
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Martwić się, zbulwersować, niepokoić
Zmartwienie, troska, frasunek (rzeczownik)
Audience
First write for yourself, and then worry about the audience.
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Publiczność, widownia, odbiorcy
Taking out
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Wyjmowanie, usuwanie
Main job
When you write a story, you’re telling yourself the story. When you rewrite, your main job is taking out all the things that are not the story.
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Główna praca, główne zadanie
Passive voice
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Strona bierna
Timid
Timid writers like passive verbs for the same reason that timid lovers like passive partners. The passive voice is safe.
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Nieśmiały
Avoid
In order to avoid any misunderstanding we have to communicate.
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Uniknąć
Aby uniknąć jakichkolwiek nieporozumień musimy się porozumiewać.
Adverb
Avoid adverbs. “The adverb is not your friend.”
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Przysłówek
Avoid adverbs, especially after “he said” and “she said.”
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Unikaj przysłówków, zwłaszcza po „on powiedział” i „ona powiedziała”.
Obsess over
But don’t obsess over perfect grammar.
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Obsesja na punkcie
Correctness
The object of fiction isn’t grammatical correctness but to make the reader welcome and then tell a story.
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Poprawność
The magic is in you.
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Magia jest w tobie.
Convinced
I’m convinced that fear is at the root of most bad writing.
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Przekonany
At the root of
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U podstaw
Tools
Read, read, read. ”If you don’t have time to read, you don’t have the time (or the tools) to write.”
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Przybory, narzędzia
Intend to
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Zamierzać (coś)
Truthfully
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Zgodnie z prawdą, szczerze
Polite society
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Grzeczne społeczeństwo
Numbered
Don’t worry about making other people happy. “If you intend to write as truthfully as you can, your days as a member of polite society are numbered, anyway.
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Numerowane, policzone
ponumerować, numerować, policzyć (czasownik)
Anyway
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