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Goodreads asked Monte Dutton:

What’s your advice for aspiring writers?

Monte Dutton Read. It's the best way to learn how to write.
Get out. Observe people. Look at people you don't know and imagine how they might be, what they might do, where they might go. Many of my short stories begin that way. (www.wellpilgrim.wordpress.com, by the way).

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