Goodreads asked Marie Weiler:

What’s your advice for aspiring writers?

Marie Weiler Learn to write poetry. I know that may not seem like a very story-oriented approach to writing fiction, but there is no better [nor harder, for that matter,] way to quickly develop the ability of condensing your ideas into as few words as possible. By learning to choose words which will evoke an emotional response in the reader, as well as be concise in getting across the poem's meaning, you become a master wordsmith. Not to mention, your vocabulary becomes quite extensive.

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