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Goodreads asked Chris Orcutt:

What’s your advice for aspiring writers?

Chris Orcutt You don't need a degree. Ernest Hemingway, who had only a high school education said, "If you want to be a writer, write."

Read a lot of great writing, and WRITE. You learn to write by WRITING, studying writing, and writing more; not by attending conferences, getting an agent, or reading magazines about the industry.

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