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Val McDermid's advice to Nicola Sturgeon and aspiring writers: 'Just do it'
McDermid also tells would-be novelists to forget about writing the perfect first chapter.
Crime writer Val McDermid was talking to First Minister Nicola Sturgeon at the Edinburgh International Book Festival, 26 August 2015.
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