Most of what you think you know about writing is useless. It's the harmful debris …
What you don't know about writing is also a form of knowledge, though much harder to grasp. Try to discern the shape of what you don't know and why you don't know it, whenever you get a glimpse of your ignorance. Don't fear it or be embarrassed by it. Acknowledge it. What you don't know and why you don't know it are information too.
— Several short sentences about writing by Verlyn Klinkenborg (Page 7)