Late Night Rant:
I get asked for advice and help with writing a lot. Often these questions come with links to other advice with more questions. “Is this true?” “Is this how you do it?” “Should I just put my shit in a drawer because it can’t possibly be any good?”
When you search for general writing advice online, nine times out of ten the advice presumes you suck and are an idiot who is kidding him or herself. This presumption, like all writing, says much more about the source than the subject. Sorkin and Moffat and Whedon aren’t sitting at home handing out advice anonymously on internet forums. They just aren’t. And they aren’t trolling you. They will never try to break you down just for funsies. And I bet they never googled how to be a writer.
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