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Thoughts and ramblings of a Filipino author

Tips for Aspiring Novelists Ep. 007

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Do not preempt how and where your manuscript will go wrong. Remember, you won’t know until you’ve written it if it works or not. Just get down and write. When you find out, or it is pointed out to you that something is wrong, then note the point, improve on it and keep writing.

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