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Hi people! :D Don't know if anyone has done this kind of thread already but...
Just for fun, what is the best piece of writing advice you got that you actually benefited from? It doesn't even have to be advice given for the act of writing; it can be just advice in general that you applied to writing. For the sake of, like, motivation or something. Thought it would be inspiring :)
Personally, that super cliche one "the master has failed more times than the amateur has even tried" really got me going in several fields, though not necessarily for writing-- and there's also "show and don't tell," of course-- but I think the best piece of advice I'd gotten was from this mystery writer who came to my class one time. It was less advice and more anecdote, that the way she wrote was, she wouldn't try to write a number of words each day or force herself to sit down for 30 minutes a day, or what-have-you. She'd think of one event that should occur in her story and say "I'll write up until that event" and make that her goal. That would force her to really streamline the plot and have it be driven, and she would get writing done. I was really inspired by that, and now, I tend to plan out my stories with an overarching plot driven by smaller happenings, if that makes sense.
So. Care to share your best advice you've gotten? :D
Just for fun, what is the best piece of writing advice you got that you actually benefited from? It doesn't even have to be advice given for the act of writing; it can be just advice in general that you applied to writing. For the sake of, like, motivation or something. Thought it would be inspiring :)
Personally, that super cliche one "the master has failed more times than the amateur has even tried" really got me going in several fields, though not necessarily for writing-- and there's also "show and don't tell," of course-- but I think the best piece of advice I'd gotten was from this mystery writer who came to my class one time. It was less advice and more anecdote, that the way she wrote was, she wouldn't try to write a number of words each day or force herself to sit down for 30 minutes a day, or what-have-you. She'd think of one event that should occur in her story and say "I'll write up until that event" and make that her goal. That would force her to really streamline the plot and have it be driven, and she would get writing done. I was really inspired by that, and now, I tend to plan out my stories with an overarching plot driven by smaller happenings, if that makes sense.
So. Care to share your best advice you've gotten? :D