Craig Nova
The first thing that goes into being a writer is being a good reader, and so I think that reading is the way to begin. William Maxwell, a great writer (So Long, See You Tomorrow), says in a Paris Review interview that his influences are always in what he writes, although no one notices.
My own idea about this is that your influences, that is, other writers, put you in touch with what you want to write about.
The first thing that goes into being a writer is being a good reader, and so I think that reading is the way to begin. William Maxwell, a great writer (So Long, See You Tomorrow), says in a Paris Review interview that his influences are always in what he writes, although no one notices.
My own idea about this is that your influences, that is, other writers, put you in touch with what you want to write about.
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