29. "E Unibus Pluram: TV and US Fiction by DFW (essay link)" In response to In response to 2
and this is where we get into the difficult nature of "advice to writers." it really, really depends on what you're trying to write and what your aesthetic is. the main universal advice that I know works is "read a lot." so here, here's perhaps the most widely respected writer of our era givin what I consider essential advice to any creator, read a lot: