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Lots of good tips in the Plot chapter

so much casual racism in a book i thought was about writing 🥴🥴🥴

I feel like I'm studying again, but for myself.
This is such a meta read - there are, of course, actual tips and bits of guidance for writing. But the actual writing of these things is, in itself, a lesson (no, many lessons) on good writing.

"I think perfectionism is based on the obsessive belief that if you run carefully enough, hitting each stepping-stone just right, you won’t have to die."