Jo Graham on Nostr: #wordweavers Is there writing advice you used to follow but changed your mind? "Write ...
#wordweavers Is there writing advice you used to follow but changed your mind?
"Write what you know."
So I could only write about the experiences of white, middle class American teenagers in the present day? No.
"Stay in your lane."
Don't be curious, don't stretch, don't imagine. Behave, girl. Write trivial little stories like the trivial little person you are. You are not a person of consequence, so how do you get off writing people who do things that are important?
B.S.
"Write what you know."
So I could only write about the experiences of white, middle class American teenagers in the present day? No.
"Stay in your lane."
Don't be curious, don't stretch, don't imagine. Behave, girl. Write trivial little stories like the trivial little person you are. You are not a person of consequence, so how do you get off writing people who do things that are important?
B.S.