“Advice”

Bad writing advice.

writing advice: never italicize words to show emphasis! if youโ€™re writing well then the reader will know and you donโ€™t need them!

Hereโ€™s some more advice: just throw all your flat head screwdrivers away! If youโ€™re a real repair person, you can make do with Phillips head only.

Unfortunately, writing advice like this is only for bad writers. Poor writers need formulaic advice; good writers use the appropriate tool, the appropriate method, the well-tempered word in its place, discarding rules and japing at them completely at times.

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