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Colin Nissan's advice for writers.

"Show, don't tell," goes the old line of advice for writers and actors.

In a 2009 interview for the online journal Writer's Room, Mr. Sharp was asked his advice for writers starting out.

"The classic 'kill your darlings' advice for writers – meaning don't cling to beloved characters who add nothing to your story – also applies to business.

'Don't learn anything.' Why don't you just say that?" He concluded with the best advice for writers he knows, from Melville: "Woe to him who seeks to please rather than appall".

Asked about the worst advice for writers he had ever heard, he cited Hemingway's "boring, journalistic dictum: 'Write about what you know.' " He added, "What a horrible limitation to impose on the novel or the play.

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Coming from two writers' experiences in publishing, its main aim is to provide marketing advice for new writers.

Does she have any advice for aspiring writers?

What's your best piece of advice for unpublished writers?

So what would be her advice for aspiring writers?

"My advice for aspiring writers is to go to New York," Mr. Kirn said.

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