I’ve gotten so much great advice from the change makers I’ve featured on Elena Blogs for a Change , from guidance based on my aspirations as a writer and storyteller to insights related to the specific issues I care about. I am grateful for their suggestions about how to make the most of life while finding ways to work for the greater good. Below is some of the best advice from some of my favorite interview subjects: Steve Silberman, author of Neurotribes and the upcoming book, A Taste of Salt: If you want to be a good writer, read as much good writing as possible. Follow your own natural interests in literature, but don't read only writers who are still alive. Go back into the past and hear what people who are already gone have left behind to help you understand your experience. And write, write, write, every chance you get. No one becomes a good writer by sitting around and thinking, "I would love to be a writer someday. That seems cool." Start acting like a...
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