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What’s your advice for aspiring writers?

Carl Zimmer Don't think of yourself as aspiring. If you're writing, you're a writer. But be a writer every day. That will require taking a bite out of the time you spend doing other things, like sleeping. But if you feel passionately enough about writing, it will be worth it.

I've written more advice here: http://carlzimmer.com/writers.html and here: https://medium.com/@bobbie/carl-zimme...

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