~ if you want to get better, extend the range of topics and sources you're willing to look at

Let’s consider a student learning to write better essays. Their search for information should not end at essay-writing guides written by university academic departments; instead they could also refer to style guides for newspaper journalists, to books on writing non-fiction, even to books on writing fiction, film scripts, or speeches.

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