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Tony McFadden

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I and my wife and kids have lived in many, many places, including cool places like the US Virgin Islands, Taiwan, Malaysia, Singapore and now, Australia.

Lots of interesting places to meet interesting people.

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Tony McFadden Don't be "aspiring". Write. As soon as you write, you're no longer "aspiring".

And write and write and write. The more you write, the better you get an…more
Don't be "aspiring". Write. As soon as you write, you're no longer "aspiring".

And write and write and write. The more you write, the better you get and the better you get, the more you want to write.

Oh, yeah. Write.

Finish what you start. Recognise and ACCEPT that first drafts are crap. JK Rowlings' first drafts were crap. James Patterson's first drafts were crap. EVERYBODY'S first drafts are crap.(less)
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"Inspired"?

It's a job. It's a job I love, but it's a job. If you wait to get "inspired", you'll never finish anything.

I don't adhere to the "write every day" rule because there are stages of creating a book where you're NOT writing. You need to plot, and research and plan.

Of course there are days where the words flow and the draft is close to perfect, but they are few and far between. Even on the days you don't want to write, if there's a draft that needs to be written, write.(less)
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“Let me tell you a secret: every time self-doubt crawls in to your skull, grab that mother by the throat and kick the ever-loving shit out of it. Trust me. You only succeed in this business when you know, absolutely know in your heart you will succeed. It’s like the guy says, if you think you’ll win or you think you’ll lose, you’re right." ~ Ross "Melon-Head" Mellon, to Ellie Bourke”
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“Unrequited love is the sharpest, most bitter love of all. But it is still love.”
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“Callum hung up and sat on the steps and Mandy sat down beside him.

'Shouldn't you be in with your friend, sweating off those pounds?'

'Are you saying I'm fat?'

'Objectively speaking, you have stored fat, but subjectively speaking, I have never understood the obsession you guys have with that.”
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