Worst Writing Advice…
We asked on twitter…What is the Worst Writing Advice you’ve ever been given? The answers came in thick and fast!
What is the worst writing advice you've ever been given? (pls RT ;-)) #badwritingtips
— womenwriters (@WomenWriters) November 4, 2013
@WomenWriters 'Stop doing it, you are so good at the day job'. Grrrr. #badwritingtips
— Josa Keyes (@JosaKeyes) November 4, 2013
https://twitter.com/Trauma_Doll/status/397419622766370817
https://twitter.com/missread/status/397419686427901952
That u need to be inspired to write RT@WomenWriters: What is the worst writing advice you've ever been given? (pls RT ;-)) #badwritingtips”
— Anuradha Ganapathy (@AnuradhaGanapat) November 4, 2013
@WomenWriters @alisonwells "face it, love: you're just not a writer." As in stop doing it.
— Katherine Hajer (@eyrea) November 4, 2013
https://twitter.com/LadyHazmat/status/397422510628556800
https://twitter.com/judithkinghorn/status/397423473468776448
@WomenWriters 'write some Mills & Boon' or 'write something happy' or 'write another one like that' – all of which pissed me off at times.
— Susie M (@wrathofgod) November 4, 2013
https://twitter.com/suebrownstories/status/397425484763369472
You need a degree to write. :-p RT @WomenWriters: What is the worst writing advice you've ever been given? (pls RT ;-)) #badwritingtips
— N.N. Light's Book Heaven/N. N. Light #NNLBH #PR (@NNP_W_Light) November 4, 2013
https://twitter.com/scarlettparrish/status/397425882656022528
@WomenWriters Be more conventional. Nobody will print that mad stuff. #badwritingadvice
— HasLeftTheBirdCage (@LoraHughes7) November 4, 2013
@WomenWriters write what sells. No one will care otherwise. #badwritingadvice
— lil lorrie loo (@lcspoering) November 4, 2013
@WomenWriters Don't write anything femInist, politIcal or 'black:.Handy 4 a black woman doing a left/feminist focus mag!#ButNotWriting4Them
— Tracey Hylton #ForTheManyNetwork #WHM @whmcampaign (@TraceyH4WHM) November 4, 2013
@WomenWriters "write what you know" cause, I KNOW NOTHING !
— Vicki Malits Addesso (@VickiAddesso) November 4, 2013
You need to write more like the men in the class. RT @WomenWriters: What is the worst writing advice you've ever been given? #badwritingtips
— Amy Jones (@amylaurajones) November 4, 2013
https://twitter.com/tiffanyreisz/status/397426334911037440
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You hand a copy of your published book to a friend (someone you would give gold to) and she says, “No, this sounds too sad for me,” and hands it back to you.
Or, this is so 20th century but, “You can’t possibly write and keep my shirts ironed and starched!!!!!” I’ve heard this! @LatelaMary
Some classics in there. People haven’t tended to try and give me advice, but I’ve had a few people express confusion about why writing is important to me when I ‘already have a career’. They don’t get that it’s a passion, not just a career endeavour.
You have to make a plan. Know your beginning, your middle and your end.