“Writerisms and other Sins”

Dare I say it—there’s too much crappy advice for writers on the Web.

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Far too much of it aims to teach the rules of genre-writing rather than the ways to write clearly.

If a writer is trapped in someone else’s mold, their true creativity will be strangled.

My all-time favorite fiction writer (after my Best Friend) is C. J. Cherryh;and, I’m going to share some of her writing advice.

She’s written more than 60 books since...