#IWSG–January

This post is for Alex Cavanaugh’s Insecure Writers Support Group (click the link for details on what that means and how to join. You will also find a list of bloggers signed up to the challenge that are worth checking out. The first Wednesday of every month, we all optionally answer the monthly question or post our thoughts, fears or words of encouragement for fellow writers.

JANUARY 4TH QUESTION: What writing rule do you wish you’d never heard?

“Show don’t tell” comes to mind, not because it’s a bad rule, more because it’s quoted ad nauseum. How about ‘Huck Finn meets Les Miserables‘ (you fill in both sides of the equation). Or ‘deep dive‘ to describe a thorough description.

How about ‘as unlikely as a bus hitting you in the shower while being attacked by a shark‘. This is used to describe…

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