Goodreads asked Steven C. Nelson:

What’s your advice for aspiring writers?

Steven C. Nelson If you’re working on a piece and the next great line or scene randomly pops into your head, stop what you’re doing and write it down. So many magnificent combinations of words have been supplanted by the introduction of some trifle into my consciousness before I've had a chance to record them, never to be woven into the tapestry of a good story. To quote E.B. White, writing is about “bringing down the bird of thought as it flashes by,” a unique perspective on writing that has spared me much regret.

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