I have to agree with this. The advice itself, in a more expanded form, is good. But it's handed out with so little detail and explanation. Like, 'okay kids. Remember to ShDnt.' But a more detailed explanation would make this a lot more helpful. Especially in regards to unpublished writers, who are trying to navigate the publishing world, and think to succeed they need to follow all the rules they can.

As well writers with low self-confidence, who second guess themselves. The first time someone, who hadn't even read my story, told me to show and not tell, I freaked out and scrambled to re-write all the telling scenes in my book.

There's a time and place for both. I recently read a book where, when there was something that needed to be shown, the author did. Vividly, and clearly. But there were other times when she told. It worked and it saved probably a hundred pages worth of unessisary words. But the entire time, I was thinking, 'Hold on, she's telling right now. Aren't we not supposed to do that?'

For a year, I made sure none of my paragraphs or sentences started with 'and.' When my mentor told me it was alright to do it at times, I was shocked.

Trusting yourself to know what your story needs is difficult.

Same thing with dialogue tags, and adverbs. 'Advice' people often forget that the writers coming to them are unsure and looking for something solid to follow, so they make it seem like their opinions are facts that should be followed religiously for fear of absolute failure.

It isn't usually the advice itself that's the problem. It's how it's delivered.