(but yeah nah in terms of my own writing none of these have been useful lol)

writer, but when he reached what he was reaching for, you could see that animation and the advice was his description of the best version of himself.

They don't even have to follow their own advice for it to be illuminatory- Bradbury freely gave advice on writing every day, floating around blocks by switching course, animated by the spirit of writing. If you ask his wife, he spent as much time eating ice cream in his undies and sighing as any -

Like fantasy people on the internet got angry at M John Harrison for saying "avoid World Building, it is the great clomping foot of nerdism," but to those who had actually read MJH's books it was an obvious signpost of what he was striving toward - a literature of questions rather than answers.

I do find writer's advice fascinating when you take it as being their own advice to some version of themselves, and what light that can cast on their work.

I also find thinking of it in this way is a good way to avoid getting annoyed about what seems like bad advice - it's not for us.

I remember where I was when I first saw 2nd Reality
(I was on The Computer)

They are not. Which is not their fault, they are relying on tips to survive and if some annoying man decides they didn't smile or top up the water enough, they don't make rent. But wow is it annoying when they ask for the tenth time if you have enough water