Conventional Writing Wisdom You Can Ignore, Effective Immediately

Ever heard the term negativity bias?

Briefly stated, it means that we’re wired to notice things that suck far more than things that rock.

I had a hilarious (and productive) example of this when I asked this question on Twitter:

Twitter hive mind: What’s yr fave piece of terrible advice for writers / content markters? Asking for podcast. Will credit you of course!

— Sonia Simone (@soniasimone) November 29, 2016

(Apologies for the truncated words! #becauseTwitter)

I got more than enough replies to fill my podcast episode. In fact, I got so many good answers that I wanted to …read more