A lot of writing advice boils down to, " BUT, if you're good, disregard this." - ThreadSky

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lairdbarron.bsky.social • 4 days ago

A lot of writing advice boils down to, "
BUT, if you're good, disregard this."

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stephens.website•4 days ago

Like I always say, the most important rule of writing is "Know when to break the rules".

nvaughan81.bsky.social•4 days ago

Here are the rules, now get good and break them.

write-or-die.bsky.social•3 days ago

I'm learning this. Outlines are not for me.

christullbane.bsky.social•4 days ago

I always think of it as 'It's important to know the rules so you know when and why you're breaking those rules.'

lairdbarron.bsky.social•4 days ago

I also believed that for a long time.

chrismclaren.com•4 days ago

Pretty sure there aren't any "rules" that can't successfully be broken.

But there is something to be said for having a set of training wheel rules, that you learn, so that when you break them you're doing it on purpose.

lairdbarron.bsky.social•4 days ago

My first publisher commented that I was fortunate to not know the rules before I began selling.

zyblonius.bsky.social•4 days ago

My old bandmate always said that my greatest strength as a musician is that I had no idea how music works. I have struggled to maintain that strength!

chrismclaren.com•4 days ago

Clearly another path that works 😀

lairdbarron.bsky.social•4 days ago

I didn't understand what the hell he meant until I got onto social media a couple of years later.

itsafrickinmoon.bsky.social•4 days ago

“But make sure you’re actually good first because if you aren’t this won’t end well.”

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