Repeat As Necessary.
6. There are thousands of writing books. Better read them all before you start. One of them has got to have the secret. (Be sure to skip all the exercises.)
11. Whatever you do, don't finish anything. Just keep starting new fragments. Or endlessly torture your existing manuscripts until you drain them of any vitality they might once have had.
13. Be sure you never actually submit your work for publication. Take the decision out of the editors' hands: reject it for them.
11 is me.
