Goodreads asked Pat Jourdan:

What’s your advice for aspiring writers?

Pat Jourdan Read - bad books are a real help, even more of a lesson than good literature. And buy a really big dictionary, preferably one that has integrated synonyms. No one will go from dictionary to looking up alternative words in a thesaurus and still manage to keep on writing!
Do sometimes just sit and read a page or two of the dictionary to extend your own vocabulary and enrich your writing further.

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