thewritingsquid:tehawesomersace:if someone tells you “this is how you write a book and this is...

thewritingsquid:

tehawesomersace:

if someone tells you “this is how you write a book and this is the only way to do it” you need to pick up your laptop and run far, far away from them.

there is no one way to write a book.

there isn’t just one way to write a book.

there are lots of ways to write a book.

you should take writing advice the same way you take all other advice: consider, try it on for size, see if it fits, toss it when it doesn’t.

don’t get so wrapped around the axle about a “pro...