Goodreads asked Michael Dickel:

What’s your advice for aspiring writers?

Michael Dickel General advice probably is not worth that much—we are all such individuals and what works for one writer might not for another. That said, I would suggest reading widely both from various traditions ("classics") and from lots of different contemporary streams. Find what you like and study why you like it, what makes it work, how the writing works as writing. Share your work with others, preferably an experienced writer among those others, and listen to their comments about what they see in your work. Don't listen so much to their solutions — except as a guide to why they see something you didn't see. Find your own solutions (usually). Don't follow other people's rules or guidelines, including mine.

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