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Goodreads asked Suzanne J. Bratcher:

What’s your advice for aspiring writers?

Suzanne J. Bratcher Read, read, read! Dream, dream, dream. Then focus your reading on the genre you want to write. Next narrow your focus to contemporary works in your genre. Get an idea of voice, structure, and style. Translate one of your dreams into a contemporary form. Then...don't get too attached. My eighth book was the first one to be published. I'm currently going back and polishing three of the other seven. Four of my first books will never see the light of day--thank goodness!

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