Advice to teenage writers (applies to non teenagers as well)

[doc_bean]

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Warning: linked website contains mature language.

I figured a lot of people here could use the occasional bit of advice.

Reading the comments is pure comedy gold at times, you can probably learn as much from them as you can from the actual article. N° 1 message to learn from those : Don't let your ego get in the way.

[Marshal Murat]

Thank goodness we can post our little ditties here first!

[Orb]

Great article!

[Tamur]

People who write books where the main character is a young, questioning writer should be shot out of a cannon into a pit filled with leeches.

Ha, brilliant! This was hilarious, thanks doc. And oh the awful memories, man did I think I was going to bury Tolstoy with my story about an old guy who gets kidnapped by international gangsters and ends up tricking them all into fighting amongst each other. Ah, those were the bad old days.

[edyzmedieval]

Ha, the awful truth.
Thanks for the article. I needed comsone to confirm that my writing sux0rz.

[Bijo]

While the person raises noteworthy points, he is highly illogical in his reasoning and argumentation, at least in the first couple of parts. To all you teens out here who read it: because he was not good as a teen does not mean you are not good as a teen (it is simply illogical); age is not the sole requirement for wisdom; he assumes too much.

Other than that, heh.... well, forget what I said. I'm just being critical :P