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Hey, Edward.
I am a professional writer. I write for a living, and I have noticed lately so many people trying to write even if they aren’t best-selling authors. So, stay off my writing track, you amateur. Why, if everyone who had an interest in writing wrote, pretty soon the world would be full of wannabe writers. The horror! You'd have amateurs jotting in journals, puttering in poetry, dabbling in diaries, writing wizard books in cafes, or worse, writing essays in Salon. So, slowly step away from the keyboard and get out of the way so others can quickly write words that sell.
