The Worst Writing Advice I Ever Got

Mandy Shunnarah
3 min readMar 29, 2021

If someone tells you to do this, RUN.

[image description: a yellow typewriter on a wood table surrounded by a coffee mug, book, notebook, and phone.]
[image description: a yellow typewriter on a wood table surrounded by a coffee mug, book, notebook, and phone.]

I’ve known I wanted to be a writer since I was 5 years old, so I’ve sought out writing advice from every source imaginable over the years. I’ve received a lot of helpful writing advice along the way, but I’ve also received some supremely bad writing advice, too.

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Mandy Shunnarah

I write about books, vintage fashion, family drama, trauma & more. Read more at mandyshunnarah.com. Vintage shop at poshandpage.com.