One for the Books | Deconstructing Common Writing Advice (and Why It's Bad) @OnefortheBooks | Uploaded June 2024 | Updated October 2024, 1 hour ago.
Most writing advice is oversimplified, overly prescriptive, or total nonsense. Let's talk about it.

My inspiration for this video came from here (Brandon Sanderson talks with Tim from @HelloFutureMe): youtu.be/x88ccsc0f2M?si=7G6aY_8xTGUqdWLV

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Intro (0:00)
Show Don't Tell (1:45)
Write What You Know (4:10)
Dialogue Tags (6:20)
Don't Use Adverbs (7:51)
Write When the Muse Strikes (8:28)
Write Every Day (9:25)
Make Characters Likable (10:11)
Write to Market (10:27)
Don't Write Prologues (11:36)
Don't Read (12:17)
Write Short Fiction First (13:08)
Don't Edit As You Go (13:46)
Don't Use Tropes (14:36)
Final Thoughts (15:08)