All advice is suspect. I'm not suggesting you break all the so-called rules of creativity you've collected. Only that every tip can be counteracted with its opposite. And some advice is just plain bad ...

For four decades, an English professor at San Jose State University has run a fiction contest for a single opening sentence to "the worst of all possible novels." He has decided to retire the contest.

The Women of Oregon will head back to Hayward Field with 15 national qualifiers and their eye on a national title. The Ducks added 11 new entries... The Oregon Ducks have some of the best distance ...