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2	[[caption-width-right:240:''"Go ahead. Make him a vampire. Make them ALL vampires"'']]
3	-> ''No, seriously, go for it. It'll be a bestseller.''
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5	''[[https://twitter.com/WorstMuse @WorstMuse]]'' is a Twitter parody account created by [[Podcast/JayAndMilesXPlainTheXMen Jay Edidin]]. In it, the titular muse gives horrible writing advice disguised as useful tips for budding young writers.
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7	Compare ''WebAnimation/TerribleWritingAdvice'' and ''Blog/HowToWriteBadlyWell''.
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9	Compare and contrast ''Literature/HowNotToWriteANovel''.
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11	''NOTE: While you'd be tempted to just quote the Twitter feed since most examples are just {{Discussed Trope}}s and, as such, are "self-explanatory", DO note that by doing so, you would only create Administrivia/ZeroContextExamples that could lead to this page being '''cut''' (again).''
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13	!!The Worst Muse provides examples for the following tropes:
14	* AlternateHistory: The Muse once suggested making an Alternate History setting...with ''VAMPIRES!''
15	-->"What if the Confederates won... and also what if they were sexy vampires?"
16	* BlatantLies: ''Lots'', especially since the blog is essentially all about ([[PlayedForLaughs humorously]]) passing ''terrible'' writing tips off as good advice. Nevertheless, there is still one lie in particular that stands out the most: ''"I am here to help."''
17	* BlindDate: Another trope suggested by the Muse:
18	-->"Awkward blind dates."
19	* ClapYourHandsIfYouBelieve: The Muse believes that "if the rights to your favorite character haven't entered the public domain, it's because you didn't believe hard enough."
20	* CluelessMystery: The Muse recommends that you do your crime stories this way, after all, "you don't want readers to solve the crime ahead of your detective--better withhold all the critical clues."
21	* ConspiracyTheorist: According to the Muse, everything is either a conspiracy or a ContrivedCoincidence. No middle grounds.
22	-->"Commit to a motif: everything is a conspiracy, or everything is a coincidence."
23	* [[invoked]] CreatorsApathy: The Muse assures you that research is unnecessary, you probably got everything right.
24	-->"Yes. That is EXACTLY how quantum physics works. Well done."
25	* DarkerAndEdgier: A common suggestion by the Muse:
26	-->"Like Wolverine, but grittier."
27	-->"Make it grittier."
28	* DeadpanSnarker: Either the Muse honestly thinks her suggestions are worthwhile, or she's toying with bad writers. And considering her username is the "Worst [[TheMuse Muse]]", it's probably the latter.
29	* {{Deconstruction}}: Of bad writers.
30	* DiscussedTrope: The account is dedicated to pointing out and making fun of all the tropes bad writers use.
31	-->"You SHOULD base your protagonist on you. Disguise him by giving him intense green eyes and an ancestral weapon. You don't have those!"
32	-->"Your protagonist should be an everyman, which is to say exactly like you but with better romantic prospects."
33	-->"Make this one the story that proves to your asshole ex beyond all shadow of a doubt that they loved you all along."
34	* TheMuse: The ''Worst'' Muse, no less.
35	* OurVampiresAreDifferent: As noted by AlternateHistory as well as the image caption above, the Muse sure seems to have a certain degree of preference for this trope. [[Literature/TheTwilightSaga We wonder why...]]
36	* PlanetOfHats: According to the Muse, you should only have one culture per alien planet. ''"More than that, and you're just showing off."''
37	* [[invoked]] RealitySubtext: The Muse encourages you to pour all your petty gripes into your writing; the more pedantic, the better.
38	-->"It's about time for a thinly veiled metaphor for that unfair fight you had with your girlfriend last week."
39	* [[invoked]] ScheduleSlip:
40	** According to the Muse, [[https://twitter.com/WorstMuse/status/557974715772305409 "Deadlines are for hacks. YOU'RE an artist."]]
41	** Also from the Muse: [[https://twitter.com/WorstMuse/status/510151306103635968 "Submission guidelines are for suckers. Live free or die."]]
42	* Administrivia/TropesAreTools: The Muse provides countless (satirical) examples of why this is the case among less-talented writers.
43	* [[invoked]] UnfortunateImplications: Often [[InvokedTrope invoked]] by the Muse's tweets:
44	-->"It's not racist! [[JustJokingJustification It's EDGY]]!"
45	-->"Okay, but WHAT IF we lived in a world where, get this, [[PersecutionFlip white people were persecuted]]?"
46	* YeOldeButcheredeEnglishe: The Muse once stated that "for historical verisimilitude, [you should] replace every 'you' with 'thee' or 'thou.'"

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