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Advice on writing from 2 influential authors:
“Find a subject you care about and which you in your heart feel others should care about. It is this genuine caring, not your games with language, which will be the most compelling and seductive element in your style.”
Kurt Vonnegut
“Write without pay until somebody offers pay; if nobody offers within three years, sawing wood is what you were intended for.”
Mark Twain
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