CONFUSION

I Followed Every Bit of Writing Advice Ever Written. Wanna Know What Happened Next?

Every journey starts with a single step, often into traffic

Or maybe it will be boring. Either way, I’m confused. 😬 Photo by LOGAN WEAVER on Unsplash

Write more

What does it look like I’m doing here?

Quality over quantity

Doesn’t this contradict the advice just above to “write more?” Well, no matter.

Here’s one example of my latest quality writing. I’m still refining these opening lines, but I do think I’m on to something.

It was the acme of times. It was the least good of times. It was the age of smartness. It was the age of idiocy. It was the era of blind faith. It was the era of disbelief …

Still refining here, but this passage seems perfect as the opening lines to my new book, “A Story of Two Towns.”

Don’t write listicles

Why?

• cheap
• boring
• overused
• not real writing
• no one likes them
• only rookie writers write…