Goodreads asked Sean Best:

What’s your advice for aspiring writers?

Sean Best Master the language in which you write - grammar, syntax, semantics, spelling, punctuation, the history of the language, verb conjugation, past participles, gerunds, the differences between adjectives and adverbs, the reason for using expletives, intensifiers, etc. and so forth. Verse yourself with formal definitions of character and plot. Make frequent use of a thesaurus. Study the mood generating effects of scenery upon the human endocrine system. Apprise yourself of modern techniques for subliminal messaging and psychological warfare. Read something and write something every day and every night. Travel to a place that is far remote from your usual surroundings. The place should be sparsely populated by humans. When you arrive at this distant wilderness locale, sit alone in the dark in silence.... then write about what happens to you.

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