The Best Bad Writing Advice Available
I’m not often approached for writing advice. Maybe it’s because I stay cooped up at home writing instead of interacting with many people. Or it could be because I’m temperamentally unapproachable. Most likely, it’s due to my name: Michael Stover. You never heard of me, right? You recognize Ernest Hemmingway, Tom Clancy, Stephen King, and other well-published authors. The rest of us fly under the radar.
Unfortunately, you will rarely get an opportunity to ask J.K. Rowling for writing advice. Even more unfortunately, an unfathomable chasm of bad writing advice is available on the internet. Virtually anyone claiming to be a writer offers their keys to success, even if they are not successful.
I’m always seeking to up my writing game so any title that claims to help me improve catches my eye and merits at least a scan-read to determine relevance and value. Consequently, I’ve uncovered lots of bad advice. Don your sense of humor and a skeptic’s armor and let’s see what we can learn from what NOT to do when writing.
Ernest Hemingway nailed it long ago when he wrote “We are all apprentices in a craft where no one ever becomes a master.”
