In My Opinion, The Best Writing Advice Isnt The Stuff Thats Tells You What To Do

In my opinion, the best writing advice isn’t the stuff that’s tells you What To Do

The best writing advice is the stuff that’s says “Here Is A Thing And Here Is What It Does. If You Want To Do That—Maybe Use This Thing. If You Do Not Want To Do That—Maybe Remove This Thing”

Adverbs are not the devil. Passive voice is not poison. Language evolved to give us these tools for a reason — and sometimes they’re exactly the right tools for the job

Even when they’re misapplied, that’s not the tool’s fault

A screwdriver is not inherently bad for its failure to hammer a nail

Me, doing chores: Plotting story ideas and wanting to write

Me, eating a meal: Plotting story ideas and wanting to write

Me, doing anything else: Plotting story ideas and wanting to write

Me, opening a Word document to write: what is plot?? ideas, nope, don't have those. words aren't real.

When you forget to describe the setting, so your characters are just doing their thing in a void

Body Language Cheat Sheet for Writers

As described by Selnick’s article:

Author and doctor of clinical psychology Carolyn Kaufman has released a one-page body language cheat sheet of psychological “tells” (PDF link) fiction writers can use to dress their characters.

I recognize that canon has made a decision, but given that it’s a stupid-ass decision, I’ve elected to ignore it and indulge myself in fanfic