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Goodreads asked Joshua Cartwright:

What’s your advice for aspiring writers?

Joshua Cartwright I used to write for British UK women's magazines and my deputy editor Liz (hello Liz if you ever read this) told me: "You can save a good idea with bad writing but you can't save a bad idea with good writing) Well, Stephen King has managed to do it a few times but for most of us... the point being that you should just get your book written... and most of the corrections you do are at the editing stage. Yes, I think some people plan stuff out nine books in advance and good for them if they can do it. But my book The Granny JJ Adventures went through at least 15 edits until I was ready - and I liked the first drafts as well! So write first, edit after.

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