Tag: Bad Writing Advice

• How to Edit Your First Draft

  

  Your fingers hover the keyboard. You inhale deeply. Then you do it: you type the words “The End.” You exhale. You blink back tears of joy. You’ve finished the first draft of your story! It hasn’t been easy, but you’ve pushed through. You’ve done the thing. You finished your draft. Then you think, “Now what?” […]

  Jaime

  December 16, 2019

  Writing

  Bad Writing Advice, Editing, Fiction Writing, Nonfiction Writing, Professional Writing

• The Most Dangerous Advice Young Writers Believe

  

  You’ve seen them on Tumblr, on Pinterest, in writing groups. You’ve seen them reblogged with the captions “yes!!!!” and “THANK YOU” and “this is really good advice!” You may have even posted one somewhere yourself. Words to use instead of… Said. Very. Great. Feel. Nice. You name it, there’s probably a badly made infographic for […]

  Kristen Csuti

  June 13, 2019

  Writing

  Bad Writing Advice, Find and Replace, Said, Said is Dead, Thesaurus, Very, Writing, Writing Rules