The “Right” Way To Write ~ Writing Advice for The Brave . . .

These days, writing advice is cheap—even free on the Web—cheap, also, in the sense “of little worth because achieved in a discreditable way requiring little effort”.

If you want “writing advice” from this blog, use the Subject Index Links; or, use this link >>> Writing Advice…

If you go there, you’ll see this post (because I’m adding “writing advice” to its Tags) and, next, the post, Writing Advice, Even from Well-Known Authors, Can Be “Dangerous” . . .

That last post I linked to has other links to writing advice from seven extremely talented and famous authors, yet it also has this quote:

“For every ‘rule’ in the books, some book of creative writing has successfully ‘broken’ it :-)”

So, what IS the RIGHT way to write?

Well, let me relate a bit of a conversation I had last night with my best friend.

We’d been to a benefit trivia contest on Book Island in the virtual world Second Life and she recalled the extremely common trait people share of wanting to be “Right”.

Naturally, if a person is “wrong” often enough, they will “fail”…

But then, there is that phenomenon where a person does the “wrong” thing in a situation yet comes out smelling like the sweetest flower in the garden.

Also, we live in a rather fractured and ailing society where deciding “right” and “wrong” can often be, to say the least, agonizing…

When it comes to writing advice, what’s right in one situation or for a particular writer can be very wrong for another writer or in different circumstances.

To say creative writing is a complex task is to utter one whopper of an understatement.

So let me drive home my main point with a special quote:

“For every complex problem there is a simple solution, and it’s wrong.”
Henry Louis Menkin

What’s to be done?

Please, let me humbly offer a potential solution:

Get to know your Deepest Inner Self.

Some might say your Real Self—down below the personae worn for the sake of society—beyond the doubts and worries of the ego—in that mental space that others can’t reach…

If you write from that place you’ll often find yourself, when contemplating your work, saying, “Who the hell wrote this?”

You’ll reach a realm where the “rules” fade-out—where “right” is merely whatever you do—where all authors of any worth go when they say they’re “in the Zone”…

Sure, even if you write from that sweet-spot, you’ll want an editor to look over your work.

But…

You’ll also be in a stable state of mind that can confidently tell the editor they’re wrong :-)

Easy to do?

Hell no.

Necessary?

Only if you want your work to be Authentic………
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