I try be helpful when new writers ask questions, but I end up repeating myself constantly so now I want to whack new writers with a fresh-caught snoek and yell JUST WRITE THE FUCKING BOOK at them like some kind of genre gordon ramsey.
Seriously though, write the fucking book. The rest is edits.
Seriously though, write the fucking book. The rest is edits.
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And it's not just new writers either. And it's always the same questions.
And 9 times out of 10 boiled down to 'SIT IN YOUR CHAIR AND WRITE'
The rest was more how to massage what you've written into shape, and that often came from giving and receiving good crit.
people looking for a cheat sheet, a hack that will make writing simple and easy and no need for revisions.
*sips tea*
Stop fucking around with bullshit like save the cat.
learn to write by writing
learn to rewrite by rewriting
etc
And yup, the more you read and write, the more you hone that instinct for what makes a story work.
All I have is a mantra that you can't fix what you haven't written.
or get rid of it