Learning What *Doesn't* Work

For some reason, it took me a long time to figure out what worked for me and what didn't with my writing.

I kept trying to use techniques that other writers I knew found useful.

Sometimes I thought up new approaches to writing a book and tried them out.

Finally, after failing miserably trying these different things, I discovered what worked. And now that I know, I'm not deviating too much off of that.

What works for me: (but not for everybody!)

Getting an idea—usually about the...