Writers: Why “Never Give Up” is Useless Advice

How great advice in the wrong setting becomes terrible advice

James Bellerjeau
New Writers Welcome
5 min readDec 25, 2022

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For as long as I can remember, my personal motto has been this: Never Give Up! Today I’m going to explore why this advice doesn’t work in every setting and what you can do to avoid falling for unhelpful advice.

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James Bellerjeau
New Writers Welcome

Mechanic of the human soul. I channel Seneca and Machiavelli at unpredictable intervals