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February 5, 2012 @ 5:54 AM
Terrible. Only the title is good. The author has the vernacular of an 7 year old with a Napoleon complex. He goes on and on about how people shouldn’t criticize themselves but suggests reading the article as though you’re listening to him yelling at himself. First rule of self esteem dictates that there are no rules. There are no complex lists of what people should and should not do. If someone asks you to do something so that you’ll fit an image, it should go right through you because no hypnotism can withstand the assault of 100% pure self actualization. It’s really bad. Wasted my time reading the first part of it. Authors of these crap self help books are trying to re-enforce low self esteem because the target audience is people with low self esteem. It’s like a loan that incentivises the buyer doing poorly.
February 5, 2012 @ 6:17 PM
Gbam! Well said. Love it.
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February 7, 2012 @ 10:27 PM
[…]. so here’s two of them: the first a quit-pussy footing-around-and-get-after-it list called “Twenty-Five Things Writers Should Stop Doing…” specifically for us writers by novelist, screenwriter and self-proclaimed “Freelance […]
February 8, 2012 @ 5:53 PM
Thank you so much.
Looking forward to your chat today at, The Writers Chatroom. I shall bring along my swear-muffs ’cause I’ve heard you tend to let one or two go… Occasionally.
February 8, 2012 @ 6:14 PM
@Zakgirl —
Thank you but, what is the writer’s chatroom?
— c.
February 8, 2012 @ 9:08 PM
My mistake. I misread the email I got sent. You are not actually there chatting (in case your confused) but you sure should be! It’s happening now and it’s all about your 25 things a writer shouldn’t do. At – you just hit enter and put in your name and your chatting. If you can’t make it now, just write Audrey and tell her Zak sent you. sorry 🙁
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February 12, 2012 @ 4:43 PM
Great list; how I’ve been guilty of not doing so much of what’s on that list. But I’m changing, I think.
February 14, 2012 @ 1:21 AM
I stopped after 4. Too much fucking writing to do to read all this shit. Do you have it in audiobook format?
(The first 4 were great, if that’s any consolation.)
February 14, 2012 @ 7:46 PM
Love it! Well put.
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February 14, 2012 @ 10:34 PM
[…] probably too long to fit, but this article about 25 things writers should stop doing (discovered through a link my friend Valerie posted on her Facebook page) should be framed and […]
February 18, 2012 @ 6:31 PM
Thank You.
That is all.
February 18, 2012 @ 8:09 PM
Dude. Who ARE you? King of Awesomeland, that’s who. So glad I found this blog. Excellent list.
February 21, 2012 @ 6:25 AM
I am in….it… 😉
February 23, 2012 @ 7:24 PM
You know what? I’ve been fucking around for 3 solid days telling myself that the 406 words I’ve written in those 3 days is good, is great, is plenty of work to put out. I’ve also spent the rest of the time chatting with my FB writing friends, worrying about other shit, and smoking even though I quit smoking in October.
Thank you for shaking me free from my shitty excuses.
Now…I’m going to write 2000 words tonight and un-fuck myself.
Thank you so much!
Peggy Browning
February 28, 2012 @ 9:20 AM
This makes me think of what the love child of Hunter S. Thompson and Spider Jerusalem would sound like when trying to give advice. I feel like I should be at a bar with a second pint of Kick Your Arse while sitting over a cold bowl of Cholesterol Increaser.
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February 28, 2012 @ 6:27 PM
I’m always stumbling upon your articles (usually when I’m supposed to be writing, /shame) and I figured this time I’d take the couple of minutes to write a comment and say how much of an inspiration they are. They’re well-written and the advice is all really solid. So, thanks I guess and keep it up!
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February 29, 2012 @ 12:00 PM
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February 29, 2012 @ 8:05 PM
Oh, read 12. twice. No more shame! Really liked 15 too. Yep, can’t control shit. Just gotta get up and drink the next beer, er… 😛 I mean *coffee. ha! yeah that. 😀 cheers 🙂
thanks for writing this
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March 5, 2012 @ 2:34 PM
[…] The Terrible Minds blog is one of my favorites on my list of subscribed-to blogs in my Google Reader. The founder is Chuck Wendig, a novelist/screenwriter/game designer. I discovered his blog through my Facebook news feed, as one of my friends posted one of his valuable “25 things” posts, this one entitled “25 Things Writers Should Stop Doing.” […]
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March 17, 2012 @ 5:58 AM
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March 17, 2012 @ 4:28 PM
Cool & inspirational way of walloping writers into action – and much needed. Thanks for sharing your thoughts! Great robustness – and spot on advice. If we all took it, I think the world would fairly quickly be filled with great books.
Matthew Wright
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