Goodreads asked C.H. Cobb:

What’s your advice for aspiring writers?

C.H. Cobb Quit making excuses. Start writing. Get rid of your thin skin, so you can take correction. Spelling, grammar, syntax--it's all important, so learn it (it's okay to learn it as you go along). It's one thing to intentionally put colloquial speech into dialog, but it's another thing entirely to put it in narrative. Be willing to write, rewrite, rewrite, rewrite, edit, and rewrite some more. You'll never start writing unless you START! So, get started!

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