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Goodreads asked Ben D'Alessio:

What’s your advice for aspiring writers?

Ben D'Alessio Keep a separate notebook for each book/short story idea. I keep separate "notes" on my phone and then transcribe them to paper.

Write every day, no matter how little.

Read novels by all different types of writers, set in different time periods. Read Contemporary writers and those who have been dead for years. Read fiction, non-fiction, and the occasional biography.

Blog, but don't keep it as a diary. Blog to improve your craft.

Keep a diary. This is where you write for yourself.

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