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Goodreads asked Andrea Lechner-Becker:

What’s your advice for aspiring writers?

Andrea Lechner-Becker Don't fucking wallow, act. If you want to be a writer, you must write. Don't hop on Twitter and complain about not writing. Just write. And invest in yourself. Seriously. When you publish, you're going to ask EVERYONE to commit their time to reading your work. The least you can do if you're asking THEM to invest in YOU is to invest in yourself. Pay an editor to tear your first draft to pieces, re-write and then do it again. If you think WRITING is hard, wait until you Rewrite.

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