I have to agree that the best definition of a writer is someone who writes. That's so obvious that it's in danger of being trite. Still true, though.
As for advice - I never got any. I've come across it, of course, although I've never looked for it. I think writers should eschew advice, unless they're so uncertain that they need it. Still, I can recall one thing that I heard, even though I can't remember where I heard it: "There's nothing wrong with making your reader pick up a dictionary."
rjb
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