Goodreads asked Vu Tran:

What’s the best thing about being a writer?

Vu Tran There are many good things about being a writer. The sense that you're in control of things. The satisfaction that comes with getting a sentence or a certain part of a story right. The constant proximity to books and stories, which is inspiring. My favorite aspect of writing is that it forces me to think deeply about points of view that I not necessarily my own, which in turn makes me think deeply about what I actually believe. In order to write convincingly about anything, you need to constantly confront the truth as you see it, and the inherent difficulty of this is what makes writing both arduous and immensely satisfying.

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