Goodreads asked Patricia Yager Delagrange:

What’s the best thing about being a writer?

Patricia Yager Delagrange The best thing about being a writer is the sheer fun of creating characters that we can make say and do anything we want. No one can tell us what to write. No one. We may have an editor who advises us about what will and will not sell based on what we've written. However, we never have to take any advice. I'm not advocating that, mind you. I've had wonderful editors who have not only taught me how to write a good story but helped me make the story better than it ever would have been if I'd done it all alone, without them. But the ultimate choice is ours. And if we cannot find an agent or a publisher for our books, we can do it ourselves. An author can always publish their work, if that's what the author's goal is. No one can stop us.

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