No, sorry. I'm not trying to pitch a unified theory of writing pedagogy that precludes clickbait blogging. I'm trying to say that I think the actually most eff

No, sorry. I'm not trying to pitch a unified theory of writing pedagogy that precludes clickbait blogging. I'm trying to say that I think the actually most effective advice, on average, for an "intelligent and earnest person [who] is an avid writer and reader and student of the world" is to write and don't stop. All the caveats you might be tempted to add are already covered in the people I'm talking to, they happen naturally. On average.