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How To Write A Novel
The Single Worst Piece of Writing Advice You Will Hear
You are boring, and I don't say that to be mean. You want to be boring! But reading a book that way would be a snooze fest. Here's why 'write what you know' might be the worst advice ever given to writers — and what to do instead.
How To Write A Novel
Messy is the goal, not the Consequence
If you are a new writer there is one piece of advice you need to hear first, above anything else I or anyone else can give you. Your first draft sucks. No qualification, no buts —...