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Goodreads asked Dev Ayan:

What’s your advice for aspiring writers?

Dev Ayan 1) over think, but only about characters (no reader is compassionate about plotholes)
2) observe people. Any story revolves around people, even if it involves animals in pivotal roles, it has human values and emotions to teach- so observing people is a must.
3) write. The only thing that will make you a writer is writing. If your writing is appreciated, that's great, if not, don't worry, the world has never been thankful to critics as it is to bad writers and artists.

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