"Skill in writing frees you to write what you want to write. It may also show you what you want to write. Craft enables art."

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Never hesitate to imitate another writer. Imitation is part of the creative process for anyone learning an art or a craft. Bach and Picasso didn't spring full-blown as Bach or Picasso; they needed models. This is especially true of writing.

— William Zinsser