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Goodreads asked Jeff Cottrill:

What’s your advice for aspiring writers?

Jeff Cottrill Write what YOU would want to read if you were the audience.

Find your own style. Accept influence from writers you love, but don't mimic them. (Unless it's a deliberate parody or homage, of course)

And don't listen to the jerks who tell you you can't do it.

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