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Since we have a thread about worst writing advice... let's do the best ones.
I'll start:
"What is art if no one sees it?"
It's not really a writing advice but it applies anyway. An actress friend of mine once said that, when other actors were trying so hard talking about "the art of acting." Her take was: we act for an audience; if we're too focused on the "art" and not the accessibility for our audience, then we'd fail, because our audiences won't relate. That made me think really hard as I was trying to be "writerly" at the point. I realized I'd forgotten my readers.
p.s. she's gone on to become a rather successful actress, having won two Emmys so far.
I'll start:
"What is art if no one sees it?"
It's not really a writing advice but it applies anyway. An actress friend of mine once said that, when other actors were trying so hard talking about "the art of acting." Her take was: we act for an audience; if we're too focused on the "art" and not the accessibility for our audience, then we'd fail, because our audiences won't relate. That made me think really hard as I was trying to be "writerly" at the point. I realized I'd forgotten my readers.
p.s. she's gone on to become a rather successful actress, having won two Emmys so far.