Before you make the key, study the lock.
All you need to know about plotting is twofold. 1. Give your characters goals. 2. Don't let them reach those goals.
If you can't be smart or funny, be brief.
As writers, we can do whatever we want to. We're only limited by our imaginations. What an amazing, incredible time to be alive. How lucky we all are.
If you can quit, quit. If you can't quit, stop complaining - this is what you chose.
Fate is a future you didn't try hard enough to change.