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It reads as practical advice about building craft through both input and feedback. The line points to two habits, wide reading and structured criticism, and can be taken to mean that improvement comes from absorbing examples and learning to revise with other people’s responses in mind. It lands in any setting where someone wants to write better, but is unsure how to get past private guesswork.
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About Jodi Picoult
American writer
Jodi Picoult is an American writer. By 2026, she has published 30 novels and several short stories, and she has also written several issues of Wonder Woman. Her books have sold widely, with about 40 million copies in print worldwide and translations into 34 languages. She is also the recipient of the 2003 New England Bookseller Award for fiction. Her work appears in both long-form fiction and shorter pieces, and it has reached a broad international readership.
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Books by Jodi Picoult
My Sister's Keeper
2005
Nineteen Minutes
2007
Wish You Were Here
2021
The Tenth Circle
2006
Perfect Match
2003