Goodreads asked Ruth Edgett:

What’s your advice for aspiring writers?

Ruth Edgett WRITE, WRITE, WRITE! Read books by good writers, yes; Read books by good writers about writing, yes; talk with other writers about what good writing is and how you can be a good writer, too, yes; attend workshops, go to school and learn to to be a good writer if you must. But, above all else, just sit down and write. The only difference between people who aspire to be writers and those who are writers is that writers write. And they write, and they write, and they write...

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