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Goodreads asked Marylee MacDonald:

What’s your advice for aspiring writers?

Marylee MacDonald Copy (with a pen or pencil) passages from your favorite writers. Look at one scene or one stretch of dialogue. Let their words seep into you. Carry a cheat-sheet of your favorite sentences. When your work feels lame, get out the cheat-sheet and plug in one of your words for theirs: adjective for adjective and verb for verb.

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Carolyn Chambers Clark

Carolyn Chambers Clark asked Marylee MacDonald:

Do you work with a beta reader(s)? Or do you work in a critique group that provides feedback on characterization, dialogue, setting, action, story arcs, etc."

Danielle Dahl

Danielle Dahl asked Marylee MacDonald:

Thanks, Marylee, for your recommendation of The Book of My Lives by Aleksandar Hemon. Looking forward to reading it.???? Danielle

JoAnne Myers

JoAnne Myers asked Marylee MacDonald:

What made you want to write books?

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