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Read to Improve Your Writing

The most important piece of advice I offer aspiring writers is to read widely in the genre in which you want to write. If you want to write novels, read novels. If you want to write poems, read poems. If you want to write travelogues, read travelogues. Read them as an apprentice, an idea JackContinue reading “Read to Improve Your Writing”

Posted byElizabeth KleinfeldApril 16, 2013April 16, 2013Posted infor writersTags:apprentice, copying, imitation, reading

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