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5 Pieces of Terrible Writing Advice You Should Never Follow
There’s no shortage of terrible writing advice on the internet.
On the path to building your writing career, you have to sift through about seven million different writing gurus with contradictory advice.
You don’t know who to trust. Instead of implementing any of the advice you’re given, you keep spinning your wheels reading blog post after blog post, hoping something clicks.
Does that sound about right?
If you’re nodding your head right now, stick with me, and I’ll give you some writing to avoid as well as advice that actually works.
Anything With the Number Six
I hate the number six.
“Become a successful writer in six weeks.”
“Have thousands of raving fans in six months.”
Don’t get me wrong, I’ve seen people build careers in six months out of thin air with a few viral hits. It happens. But I hate it when these same people turn around and give advice on how to do it as if it’s replicable.
Of course, there are ingredients to virality. But it’s not predictable. Of course, it’s possible for you to become a top professional writer in six months or less, but…
