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Interview #497: Provo Daily Herald Interview, Entry #6

Brandon Sanderson

Advice for writers: I would say, practice a lot. Remember that you’re gonna to have to practice on this. And it’s advice no one really told me when I was wanting to break in. I thought you just wrote a book and then you sold it. And sure, that happens to people sometimes. But for most of us, learning to write a book is like learning to play the piano. When you first start, you’re not very good. And just like you wouldn’t record your first piano sessions and sell them, your first attempts at stories are probably not going to be worth selling. That doesn’t mean they aren’t worth writing. They are worth writing. But just keep in your mind, it’s all right to practice for a while and spend some time really turning yourself into a writer.

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