A newly discovered essay, written by Robert Louis Stevenson is full of advice for authors of today. The essay was written around 1881.

An essay by Robert Louis Stevenson, which offers useful advice and tips to the authors of today was recently discovered and published. The essay was reportedly written around 1881. It was published for the first time in the American magazine "The Strand" last week.

One of the most important advices he offers in his essay is for authors to do away with the "excruciating detail" in their novels. Stevenson humorously states an example about an author writing about a day at school. According to Stevenson, while the author could mention the time he rose in the morning, the time he got dressed and arrived at school, he definitely should leave out details on how many buttons he had to fasten while getting dressed.

"The youngest boy would have too much of what we call 'literary tact' to do that. Such a quantity of twaddling detail would simply bore the reader's head off," writes Stevenson.

According to the magazine's managing editor Andrew Gulli, the essay was reportedly written around 1881 while the author was working on his famous adventure novel, "Treasure Island."

Stevenson says in his essay that there are loads of "trash writing" about murder and crime. However, to read about what a real murder would be like or experience one without really experiencing it, one needs to read the works of some "great writers." And by great writers, Stevenson means William Shakespeare. He says, Shakespeare's "Macbeth" is a perfect example. Stevenson concludes the essay by advising writers to leave "all the dullness out"