Goodreads asked Lee Patton:

What’s your advice for aspiring writers?

Lee Patton I taught high school creative writing for years, and I know that everyone is capable of creating poems and stories. Anyone who can talk can write; even people without that capability can still have their thoughts transcribed. Writing isn't a mystery or anything mystic or sacred or lucky; it's just another way of communicating. So I guess I'm saying demystify it to yourself and avoid the idea that it's somehow different from other forms of communicating. Just do it.

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