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Goodreads asked Timothy Sharkey:

What’s your advice for aspiring writers?

Timothy Sharkey Master the language as much as possible. Good writing requires good sentences. Never write a bad (or incorrect) sentence. Make your sentences flow smoothly with music and rhythm. Study the masters. Write with precision – like Shakespeare. Master the different rhetorical techniques. Edit. Edit. Edit. and Simplify. Simplify. Simplify.

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