This is not one of those tongue in cheek things - you know what I mean. I'm not going to go all cutesy and parody common writing errors.
I have many failings. Cutesy isn't one of them.
There is some good writing of this type out there. My personal favorite is a comic called How to Avoid Making Art, by Julia Cameron. An added plus - you can read the whole book in, oh, let's say 10 minutes. Cuteness, like Bailey's, is acceptable only in small and infrequent doses.
If I knew about all those common writing errors, I'd stop making them. I don't know how to write a good novel. I'm not promising good. I'm promising what I can deliver.
If you somehow discover greatness of your own here, please take all the credit.
I'm assuming your current state of progress lies between complete paralysis and a few sputtered sketches or chapters. I can get you beyond this. That may not be much, but its what I've got.
Why bother writing a bad novel? Look, would you want your first girlfriend to be Angelina Jolie? Would you take Versailles as a starter home? Would you consider Secretary-General of the UN for your internship?
Of course not.
So strap on some training wheels. Set your expectations at low to abysmal.
That way, you and I may one day be able to dazzle each other with our adequacy.
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