read literature
11th July 2016 | for Creatives | reading, literary fiction, writing, Ann Hood |
"Read, and not 'how to' books, but literature. I think a lot of 'how to' books really give bad advice or the wrong advice. It's not necessarily bad, but it's not going to make you a writer."
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