25 Things Writers Should STOP Doing

Now, there are a lot of how to write books around and a lot of advice sprouted by half-baked writers for beginners, but a lot of it is so much rubbish. You noticed that, huh? Well, here's some good advice. Take it on board now - I'd love to steal it and call it my own but that wouldn't do would it. So, get going there now:


Chuck Wendig : I read this cool article last week — “30 Things To Stop Doing To Yourself” — and I thought, hey, heeeey, that’s interesting. Writers might could use their own version of that. So, I started to cobble one together. And, of course, as most of these writing-related posts become, it ended up that for the most part I’m sitting here in the blog yelling at myself first and foremost.

That is, then, how you should read this: me, yelling at me. If you take away something from it, though?

Then go forth and kick your writing year in the teeth.

Onto the list.

http://terribleminds.com/ramble/2012/01/03/25-things-writers-should-stop-doing/

Chuck Wendig is equal parts novelist, screenwriter, and game designer. He is the author of the novels DOUBLE DEAD, BLACKBIRDS, and MOCKINGBIRD. In addition, he's got a metric boatload of writing-related e-books available, including the popular 500 WAYS TO BE A BETTER WRITER. He currently lives in the wilds of Pennsyltucky with wife, dog, and newborn progeny.