"You're doing it wrong."

First off- I apologize for not posting for a while. I had too many words streaming through my head for various projects that I accidentally my blog to gather dust! But, alas, I am back. (With two new books under my belt!)

This post is about various web articles I have seen as of late saying things like "Why you're main character is wrong!" "What Most Writers get WRONG." "How NOT to write." and so forth. Well here's where I have a problem, how dare you tell someone that they are not writing correctly. You may just be trying to help writers reach their full potential, but by telling us that we are doing something wrong in our writing process are you not in a way trying to conform our writing styles? Giving helpful tips is one thing, saying that one is writing wrong is not only rude, but it is far from an accurate statement. Do you think John Green and say, J.K Rawlings have the same writing style? Tim Dorsey and Maggie Stiefvater? I think not. People tend to write how it comes naturally to them. Some prefer pen and paper over keyboard and screen. Regardless of our methods, no one is wrong, no matter the method of writing I fear that editing always comes into play, so whatever method of writing you fancy, do that. If you pour over your work until you are satisfied, or if you have a word count that is %100 your choice, if you just write when inspiration strikes that is also purely up to you. You do your thing. You are the only person who gets to tell you how to write.

I guess the reason this whole thing has infuriated me so is because it kind of belittles someone. If you were looking for a bit of inspiration on Pinterest just to give an example and stumbled upon an article that told you that your work is written wrong, wouldn't that chisel a bit of your confidence away? Confidence in what you are writing is crucial.
I'm not even sure if I am making sense.

Well, I am being told to go to bed, so I shall do just that...
Good-bye, and goodnight.

Further Searching

Missing Character Alert

Have you ever been in the middle of writing something and then -poof- the inspiration disappears? Yeah. Me too. Right now I am so frustrated with it, it's like the characters in my head have decided to ignore my pleas for help. Thousands of words, countless hours of staring at my pad of paper in frustration. The book I have been writing recently has been one of the main focal points in my life since I was sixteen, now that I am on the verge of my twenty-first birthday I am so beyond ready to be done with this project so that I can finish one of the other 36,000 books I have started to write in the past five years. 

I have so many characters in this project in particular that it seems ridiculous to me that none of them are "speaking" to me, I am at an impasse. I am so beyond stuck that it isn't even conceivable to me. According to the internet (Pinterest) free writing is supposed to help writers block, which may be true for some, but it has only caused me to start new projects. Another thing I am supposed to try is to work on it for two hours a day, but what does that help with no inspiration? Staring at a blank screen, tearing my hair from my scalp, these things aren't very helpful. Nothing is seeming to work, at least not yet. 

Hopefully upon finishing this little post, I will be struck with a hypothetical branch of inspiration. But alas, I cannot give up. So wish me luck.