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As a beginner writer, should you fake it until you make it? No. If you like to write, you are driven by a purpose. Ideas with which you want to shape worlds. Characters you want to bring to life. Concepts you need to express. You will find your own way.

Is reading nonfiction really better for your mind than fiction?

No. Fiction allows you to expand your vocabulary. It makes you experience emotions. It makes you actively participate in a plot, and leaves lasting impressions. Sometimes eternal.

I often read about the artist’s obsession. I think that’s more of a cliché. No healthy obsession is lasting. You can have a passion, though it will fluctuate. Instead, focus on building a consistent routine; you’ll need to make sacrifices for it.

I realized that being a writer was what I wanted to do in life, when one day I picked up for the first time after years the first book I had written as a kid (and that I had forgotten). The feeling of rediscovering the world I had created filled me with a deep sense of nostalgia.

Writing tip: if you don't know how to proceed with your writing (or don't know how to start): don’t approach your book as a writer, but as a reader. Don't start with your certainties, knowledge and skills. Start with your questions and the desire to explore.

The most valuable books are not always those that offer the best answers. Sometimes, the most valuable books are the ones that unlock your truest answers within your mind. Ideally, these two qualities coincide.

From an idea I derive the story for a book. From a nostalgia I derive a poem. Over time I have found that it is useless to try to lock it into a plot. A deep nostalgia needs words that can blossom in each reader's mind.

Dante / Michelangelo

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