Dictionary: Advice

Advice:

Advice from others is, naturally, sought after by the author. Typically, the author looks for advice from their loved ones. This is a bad idea. Loved ones will always tend to affirm what you are doing. They will not properly criticize what you write. Also, you as a writer may be limiting yourself because people close to you want to believe you are a certain type of person; hence your writing becomes self conscious, and the potential not fully realized.

Be aware of advice from what your loved ones say. What if someone, a family member or friend, tells you that you cannot write and should give up? Do you quit, then? Get depressed?

Writers should look for advice from people they believe have good taste in fiction (not art, not music, etc.). These people should be sympathetic to what you are doing, knowledgeable, and provide constructive criticism.