Well, today is my day. I think my advice is the best. Why? Because it keeps you focused on what really matters. If you observe this piece of advice, and let all of the other bits find their place behind it, you will never go wrong.
The best advice in the world for anyone who wants to write right is two words:
Just write.
The beautiful thing about writing is the revision process; you can always go back and do things over again. So if you afraid you're going to make ten thousand mistakes, cool. If you've caught the Writer's Block, cool. You're just like everybody else. Neither of these things is really an excuse to stop writing.
If you're not sure how the next part of your work should go, try forcing something out. Then do it again. And maybe even a third, fourth, and fifth time. Give yourself some options to test. Perhaps none of them is right, but they'll get your mind headed in the right direction. And if you don't feel comfortable doing that, skip the part you're stuck on and write the part after it. Then go back and tie the two together. There are many routes to take, just keep writing.
As far as I can tell, there are two things that will kill a writer's dreams: 1) believing you have to have everything perfected before you write it down, and 2) stopping. If you stop writing, it will become your escape. Every time you feel stressed about writing, you'll just quit. Your work will never progress, you'll lose heart and eventually your dream of writing will fall by the wayside.
Never stop writing. If you get yourself in a pickle...
Just write.
Writing anything that keeps you going, and eventually the pickle will pass.
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