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His advice to writers is just totally awesome, and everyone should abide by it.
$4:
"You learn to write the same way you learn to play golf... You do it, and keep doing it until you get it right. A lot of people think something mystical happens to you, that maybe the muse kisses you on the ear. But writing isn't divinely inspired - it's hard work."
You just have to keep doing it over and over and over again until you get good. No shortcuts.
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