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naamahdarling · 23 hours ago

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Horses. All animals but especially horses.

“Be curious about what you’re writing about” is not stock Common Writing Advice but it really, really should be. There are a lot of written works that fail due to the authors just being obviously incurious about what they are writing about.

#I've actually had this argument with other writers #convinced they'll be fine just making up whatever details they want #which is a garbage strategy because even if you somehow managed not to make any mistakes #you're missing out on a whole lot of really cool things you could have included if you bothered to do any goddamn research at all #the worst offender never changed their ways #they also refused to read within their genre lest they be influenced by “inferior writing and ideas”#what.#i stopped communicating with them not long after that #that's like somebody who wants to be a professional chef refusing to learn about where the ingredients come from and how they're grown #and absolutely never eating any of the dishes they want to cook and relying just on vibes and what they want to happen #r/ididnthaveeggs mentality #carrots and zucchini are both vegetables surely my substitution in this carrot cake recipe will work #it tastes bad?! you just don't understand my vision!#how dare you bring me a piece from your favorite bakery that's disgusting and also insulting to my craft #jesus christ im so glad i left that server #they got so mad when someone compared their line by line prose to [prominent award-winning author]#because they'd never even read that author how dare anyone insinuate their style wasn't completely original #six months later guess what #'i discovered this rad new author!'#did you indeed #last i heard they were dipping their toes into romance even though they despise the genre because how hard can it be?#my twist endings surely won't enrage readers even though i myself hate twist endings!#if you're reading this babe i hope you have finally read more than 3 books published after 2005 and learned how horses work #sorry this person was just really infuriating

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