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Goodreads asked Bernie MacKinnon:

What’s your advice for aspiring writers?

Bernie MacKinnon Jot down your ideas and observations and keep them in a safe place. Look at them from time to time. A pattern will form and, eventually, ignite into a story idea.

Also: spend your precious days working only on those stories that truly grip you.

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