I have received so much great advice from writing coaches, other authors, books, articles, etc. But here’s one I think about a lot that I read in an interview of one of my favorite authors, Celeste Ng: One of the rules of engineering is first, make it functional. Then make it elegant. Obviously, I don’t follow this advice because I try to perfect my writing as I go. But I want to follow it. It makes sense to me. I just have to find the magic switch in my brain and flip it.