When Writing Advice Goes Wrong!

About this episode

The episode critiques ineffective writing advice that promotes checklists and absolute statements, encouraging listeners to think more critically about writing.

This week we found a weird bit of "writing advice" that really isn't all that advisable. Checklists and absolute statements encourage you to think less, and that's practically never the direction you want to go when writing. Hopefully our breakdown of this particular stupid list will make you more wary and thoughtful, either as a reader or a writer. Check out our fiction at: (Justin) ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://muppy.substack.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (Rudy) ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://rnkfiction.blogspot.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://www.youtube.com/@RudolphKohn And follow us on Twitter at: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/NinjaMouseChu⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/Rudolph_Kohn⁠⁠ 0:00 Intro 1:33 Episode Starts 1:25:23 Outro

People in this episode

Hosts: Rudolph Kohn, Justin Fraser

Topics covered

• writing advice
• checklists
• creative writing
• thoughtful writing
• fiction

Keywords

• writing advice
• checklists
• creative writing
• thoughtful writing
• fiction

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Muppy, Rnk Fiction, YouTube, Twitter

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