If you really want to learn the craft of writing from your favorite authors, read their inspirations. You typically can find them through his/her personal website or a Wikipedia article. You’ll be surprised how their best stories don’t copy those inspirations, which instead were a catalyst for greater creativity.

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My name is Rob Bignell. I’m an affordable, professional editor who runs Inventing Reality Editing Service, which meets the manuscript needs of writers both new and published. I also offer a variety of self-publishing services. During the past decade, I’ve helped more than 300 novelists and nonfiction authors obtain their publishing dreams at reasonable prices. I’m also the author of the 7 Minutes a Day… writing guidebooks, four nonfiction hiking guidebook series, and the literary novel Windmill. Several of my short stories in the literary and science fiction genres also have been published.