Russ
Istar
And that's why I am so annoyed by the How to Write atmosphere: I fear that others like me out there might fall for the scientific and calculated methods at the very start of their journey, and ignore their natural style and personal abilities in favor of following the established patterns that most agents and publishers are looking for.
This is sometimes mocked, but I'll say it again: The best storytelling/writing advice is to follow your own imagination and heart.
Perhaps this is the real difference that lies between us. I am not annoyed by the fact that you choose to promote a story telling process that is very different from the norm. I am grateful that people chose to share their hard won wisdom with me. You seem to suggest they are in the process of perpetrating some sort of fraud or harm on beginning writers because their approach is different from yours. I certainly don't view your descriptions of a different process as annoying or something I should hate.