If You Need Permission, Babe, You've Got It

Crossposted to the Deadline Dames.

It's Friday again! Which means, time for another Friday writing post. I suggest you click back a day and read Dame Toni's most excellent Brain Frozen, Need Help! Because she says it better than I could.

Today I'm resurrecting a Golden Oldie from my blog vaults. This post went up in July of '07, and is taken from an actual email I wrote to an actual young writer's desperate call for help. I think it's held up pretty well, in conjunction with my other advice to...