On The Second Day of Christmas

... the best writing advice Victoria Smith gave to me

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Happy Boxing Day! I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas Day and enjoyed Tomiwa Owolade’s excellent writing advice yesterday. If you missed it, you can catch up here.

And so, here we are on Day Two of my Twelve Days of Christmas Writing Advice, and today’s pearls of wisdom come courtesy of Victoria Smith.

Victoria is a feminist writer and regular columnist for The Critic and Unherd, among others. She is also the author of HAGS - The Demonisation of Middle-Aged Women.

Her writing advice today on Day Two of my Twelve Days of Christmas Writing Advice, is all about coming to terms with expectation and reality in your writing, and how letting go of perfection can be not only freeing, but most importantly, productive.

And so, it’s over to Victoria…