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A happy healthy soul; sacred life.

Every man must seek self-enlightenment

May God give you the grace to pray and the desire to read the Holy Bible.

Love me, desire me and pray for me.

I will pursue the dream, no matter how long it takes to fulfil it.

God has a perfect plan and purpose for your life.

Accept criticism. If you do not offer your work for criticism and accept that criticism, meaning give it serious thought and attention, then you will never improve.

Read a lot. But read as a writer, to see how other writers are doing it. And make your knowledge of literature in English as deep and broad as you can. In workshops, writers are often told to read what is being written now, but if that is all you read, you are limiting yourself. You need to get a good overall sense of English literary history, so you can write out of that knowledge.

Remember: when people tell you something’s wrong or doesn’t work for them, they are almost always right. When they tell you exactly what they think is wrong and how to fix it, they are almost always wrong.