On Writing Advice

I get a lot of emails or comments or tweets asking me questions about writing. Stuff like "How do I know when a book is done?" or "How exactly should I outline?" or sometimes even "How do I know if my book is good?"

And the answer, pretty much without fail, is: I haven't the foggiest.

It's not that I'm withholding answers from you-- I swear I'm not. It's just that there isn't ONE WAY to write a book. There's not ONE WAY to outline or ONE WAY to know that your book is good (in fact, I'm not sure...