8 Worst Pieces Of Writing Advice To Live By If You Want To Stay Average Forever

A lot of people who give us writing advice are stuck in a time where internet wasn’t a really thing.

But believe it or not — there’s a massive difference between writers from 2000s & 2020s.

Internet these days has so many rules & advantages, and if you master them, you’ll go further than the majority of writers stuck in the past.

Yet today I’d love to provide you a playbook for writing failure. I was using for wayy too long, and want to share with everyone what’s in it.

Ready?

Let’s dive in.

#1: Start A Blog

When starting to write online, this is the best decision — if you want to stay hidden to people forever.

People are having fun with writing in place most people don’t know even exists, and then complaining that nobody reads your posts.

What is less fun is writing on Medium and Twitter, where you can get almost immediate feedback and use it to improve.

But people either don’t know about these options, or are scared they’d be judged, hated or completely ignored.

So pay big bucks for a fancy web design, and you’ll be okay.

#2: Write like an intellectual

Use complex words & sentences.

Use jargon words. Don’t use stupid analogies from real life. Try to sound as prolific as possible.

This way, nobody will read you, because all you’ll write is going to be just gibberish to them. A sure-fire way to never take off.

#3: Be objective

Don’t ever dare to show your opinions. Never share your stories.

And…the worst of all…leave the personality at the door when you start writing.

People who have strong opinions, share stories, and also show personality stand out — they’re not boring as the sea of other writers.

They’re unique, they have real potential.

You don’t want this. Be like a robot.

Be like a Wikipedia, and people will treat you like this.

They’ll not give a sh*t.

#4: Longer is better

Yes — of course, it is.

When people will by accident discover your blog or website, and they’ll see your posts that are long like 3000 words, the first thing they’ll do is run away.

Nobody wants to read long writing.

If you’re writing short pieces of content, people are more likely to read it, and also you can get more feedback on what you create (because you create more often).

A recipe for success we don’t want.

#5: Spend hundreds of hours searching not boring words

It takes less than 1 second to read a word — so sure it’s very productive to spend hours searching for that one word that feels good to you, yet nobody notices.

Also, it’s an awesome excuse for publishing monthly, or even less often.

#6: Think you’re always the main character

Everything is about you — nothing is about the reader.

The reader should be interested in what you have to say. If he isn’t, it’s an a**hole who cant understand real art.

On the other hand, there are modern writers, who are based on data.

They put out something, see whether it resonates with people, and based on that they either try to write something else in a different way or double down on that popular piece in the next one.

This is how successful ones do it. This is how you increase engagement.

But engagement is the last thing you want if you don’t want to grow.

So screw it.

Be egoistic, and always think the reader will read whatever you put out.

#7: Write all paragraphs in the same length

For sure — if your writing doesn’t have 30 paragraphs all containing 3–5 sentences, it’s not pretty.

But then, there are writers who don’t care about niceness — they care about immobility.

That’s why they add subheads, bullet points, and one-sentence paragraphs

People who stumble upon their posts will be more likely to read them — so don’t you dare make your writing skimmable.

If it’s skimmable, it is readable — and no, we don’t want it to be readable.

#8: Edit for 3 hours

Check all of your typos. Search for words replace.

If you’ll keep looking for stuff you desperately need to edit, but people, in reality, don’t give a sh*t about it, you’ll be always stuck.

What’s even better: Edit until your writing feels perfect.

This is the best way to never actually hit that publish button.

I know I was a bit too sarcastic & mean in this article. Yet I know that sometimes this sarcasm is a good way to get people into action.