Carol Berg

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One of the things that put me off writing for a while was that piece of advice everybody gives new writers: 'Write what you know.' Nobody would ever want to read about my boring life! But I do know a lot of things about different societies' cultures and mythologies. The way people were and are.

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I like to write stories that read like historical fiction about great, world-changing events through the lens of a flawed protagonist.

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Read. Read. Read. Read many genres. Read good writing. Read bad writing and figure out the difference. Learn the craft of writing.

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Write. Write. Write. Learn how to revise. No story is perfect straight from the keyboard.

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Writing is communication, and you don't know how you're doing until you put it in front of someone else's eyes. You also learn from critiquing other writers' work.

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