Read, read, read. Read everything — trash, classics, good and bad, and see how they do it. Just like a carpenter who works as an apprentice and studies the master. Read! You'll absorb it. Then write. If it's good, you'll find out. If it's not, throw it out of the window.
Children are the most honest critics; they will tell you exactly what they think.
I love man as my fellow; but his scepter, real, or usurped, extends not to me, unless the reason of an individual demands my homage.