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A tip I heard once, and I can't for the life of me remember where, is that you should copy the authors you like. Not as in "theme, characters and plot" way, but as in type out their work as practice. Do that consistently and you'll pick up style, tips and tricks in your prose and overall...

Is it me, or does this just seem common to the entire YouTube writing advice scene? Really useful advice and all, but could they just get to the bloody point?

Well we've already had some story advice, so here's a video I found that's hopefully useful for prose. The channel in question does seem to be quite left leaning, but her advice on prose (the technical stuff) is entirely sound. For example, taking the "ing" sound out of my work as much as...