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mithen--What’s the worst writing advice you’ve ever come across?
Ha! Um, most writing advice has some good in it at some level, it's usually the way it's taken that I disagree with. Like "write what you know," which I think is fine advice when taken as "use your own experiences as a springboard" but bad advice when taken as "your stories shouldn't go far outside your own experiences." But that all hinges on your definition of "know," after all.
Writing this week has been pretty much non-existent--lots of brainstorming with my husband, which is great fun, but not much putting words on the screen. I've taken to using my 2 half-hour bus commutes as writing time--I hate writing in public, but with the November work load it's either write in public or don't write! If I write on the bus I can go to bed at night knowing I got at least 100-200 words written (it's a lot slower going tapping on an ipad on the bus as well...) Though I'm quite happy with what I've managed to write, so I'm not actually in that bad of a mood! How about you?
Ha! Um, most writing advice has some good in it at some level, it's usually the way it's taken that I disagree with. Like "write what you know," which I think is fine advice when taken as "use your own experiences as a springboard" but bad advice when taken as "your stories shouldn't go far outside your own experiences." But that all hinges on your definition of "know," after all.
Writing this week has been pretty much non-existent--lots of brainstorming with my husband, which is great fun, but not much putting words on the screen. I've taken to using my 2 half-hour bus commutes as writing time--I hate writing in public, but with the November work load it's either write in public or don't write! If I write on the bus I can go to bed at night knowing I got at least 100-200 words written (it's a lot slower going tapping on an ipad on the bus as well...) Though I'm quite happy with what I've managed to write, so I'm not actually in that bad of a mood! How about you?
