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WalshyFerdinand
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writing? Since I've been writing my own novel for a very long time, I've had more than enough time for reading "how to" books (Such as The First Five Pages, Elements of Style and so on...) along with countless articles on the internet and editor/literary agent blogs (Miss. Snark, Nathan Bransford, PubRants etc...)
To read all of this, however, takes it's toll and I end up petrified in writing another word. I know I have talent, but these people put up so many rules of what they like and don't, what is agreed upon by many writers: don't overuse adverbs or adjectives, use precise words, avoid passive voice and all of those basic rules...
Have you ever ended up like this? Now every time I write, I just cringe at the use of an adverb, of using "was" and other words...hate it.
Do you ultimately apply everything you read in these how to books ? Should we , as writers, even pay attention to every single thing? After all, it's our writing....sorry, I've been thinking too much.
To read all of this, however, takes it's toll and I end up petrified in writing another word. I know I have talent, but these people put up so many rules of what they like and don't, what is agreed upon by many writers: don't overuse adverbs or adjectives, use precise words, avoid passive voice and all of those basic rules...
Have you ever ended up like this? Now every time I write, I just cringe at the use of an adverb, of using "was" and other words...hate it.
Do you ultimately apply everything you read in these how to books ? Should we , as writers, even pay attention to every single thing? After all, it's our writing....sorry, I've been thinking too much.