“Be curious about what you’re writing about” is not stock Common Writing Advice but it really,…

largishcat:

wizardshark:

azeofspades:

wizardshark:

specialagentartemis:

“Be curious about what you’re writing about” is not stock Common Writing Advice but it really, really should be. There are a lot of written works that fail due to the authors just being obviously incurious about what they are writing about.

Yeah we’ve all seen the opposite though. I do NOT need 10 pages of information on the Paris sewage system mid-story

Maybe YOU don’t. Coward

Victor Hugo isn’t going to fuck you!!

he would if he was...