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Goodreads asked Daniel B. Hunt:

What’s your advice for aspiring writers?

Daniel B. Hunt Your editing process needs to be brutal. Be brave and delete those cute phrases you are so proud of when they distract from, or slow the story. It is not as easy as it sounds. But it is necessary.

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