Bad Advice Boogie

Writers, by and large, aren’t people who play it safe. In fact, considering the grim prospects for making a living (the Author’s Guild reported recently that the median income for American writers in 2017 was $6,080¹ ), you could argue that deciding to pursue a writing career requires a certain devil-may-care attitude toward regular meals and personal safety².

It’s very easy to lose faith in yourself. Part of this is because of the natural insecurity creatives carry around with them , but part of it is the confusing and sometimes downright conflicting writing advice you get. A piece of writing advice might be good and useful in some scenarios, but destructive and limiting in others. One of the hardest skills for a writer to develop is being able to decide when it’s time to break those rules in order to save your work-in-progress. Here’s a rundown of why