{"id":30761,"date":"2026-08-24T08:00:53","date_gmt":"2026-08-24T15:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/?p=30761"},"modified":"2026-08-19T10:34:55","modified_gmt":"2026-08-19T17:34:55","slug":"read-write-restart-writing-tips-for-sci-fi-and-fantasy-writers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/2026\/08\/24\/read-write-restart-writing-tips-for-sci-fi-and-fantasy-writers\/","title":{"rendered":"Read, Write, Restart: Writing Tips for Sci-Fi and Fantasy Writers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/HTWTF-Episode-219-Blog-Images.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-30762 size-full\" title=\"Read, Write, Restart\" src=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/HTWTF-Episode-219-Blog-Images.png\" alt=\"Image of an alien invasion on a city for Read, Write, Restart\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/HTWTF-Episode-219-Blog-Images.png 300w, https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/HTWTF-Episode-219-Blog-Images-80x80.png 80w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/HTWTF-Episode-219-Blog-Images-1.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-30763 size-full\" title=\"Quote from Read, Write, Restart\" src=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/HTWTF-Episode-219-Blog-Images-1.png\" alt=\"Quote from Read, Write, Restart\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/HTWTF-Episode-219-Blog-Images-1.png 300w, https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/HTWTF-Episode-219-Blog-Images-1-80x80.png 80w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h1>Read, Write, Restart: Writing Tips for Sci-Fi and Fantasy Writers &#8211; How To Write the Future podcast, episode 219<\/h1>\n<p>***<\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cEverybody&#8217;s starting line is different. Everybody&#8217;s starting ingredients are different. We can still do what we want to do.\u201d<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &#8211; Beth Barany\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In this inspirational How To Write the Future podcast episode, titled \u201cRead, Write, Restart: Writing Tips for Sci-Fi and Fantasy Writers,\u201d host Beth Barany shares why it\u2019s never too late to pursue your writing dreams. Beth shares a heartfelt message about how she often felt behind with her peers and shares what she says to herself to get motivated into action.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With advice on how to feed yourself creatively, there\u2019s also an invitation to sign up to the newsletter and be invited to Fellowship of the Pen, a Facebook group where you can share your writing wins or struggles in a safe and nurturing creative community.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Platforms the podcast is available on:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/how-to-write-the-future\/id1641025914\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Apple Podcasts<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.buzzsprout.com\/2012061\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Buzzsprout<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/5GiF3n6iAryRIJgLiDL8PW\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Spotify<\/a>|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/QBm92Mf8CB4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">YouTube<\/a><\/p>\n<p><script type='text\/javascript' charset='utf-8' src='https:\/\/www.buzzsprout.com\/2012061.js?container_id=buzzsprout-large-player&#038;player=large'><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><b>RESOURCES<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Support the podcast! <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/ko-fi.com\/bethbarany\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/ko-fi.com\/bethbarany<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Get the workbook: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/world-building-resources\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/world-building-resources\/<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and you\u2019ll be invited to join Fellowship of the Pen FB group.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Join the Edit Lab! <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/bethbarany.com\/editlab\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/bethbarany.com\/editlab<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">About the How To Write the Future podcast<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How To Write The Future<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> podcast is for science fiction and fantasy writers who want to write positive futures and successfully bring those stories out into the marketplace. Hosted by Beth Barany, science fiction novelist and creativity coach for writers. We cover tips for fiction writers. This podcast is for readers too if you\u2019re at all curious about the future of humanity.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This podcast is for you if you have questions like:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8211; How do I create a believable world for my science fiction story?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8211; How do I figure out what&#8217;s not working if my story feels flat?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8211; How do I make my story more interesting and alive?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This podcast is for readers, too, if you\u2019re at all curious about the future of humanity.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Transcript for episode 219 Read, Write, Restart: Writing Tips for Sci-Fi and Fantasy Writers\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Feeling Behind\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><b>BETH BARANY: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I&#8217;ve always been behind. I was a preemie, two and a half months early. I walked late. My mom didn&#8217;t even know I could talk till I was, like, two and a half, although I was talking. And in my own career as a writer, I&#8217;ve often felt behind my peers. Or even before I decided to be my own boss, I was watching people go off and do things and make their careers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So in my 20s, I wasn&#8217;t making my career happen. I was meandering around, living in Europe, dabbling in journalism, getting started in being a professional writer. But it wasn&#8217;t until I was 38 years old, when I started my own business, that I still felt behind. I&#8217;m like, &#8220;Oh, finally, I know what I&#8217;m doing.&#8221; But you know what? Look what all I&#8217;ve done.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Books written, published, classes made, presentations given, lots of students helped, lots of clients, lots of stories written. I&#8217;m on my 17th, 18th novel. I&#8217;ve lost track.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">[00:58] Your Starting Line\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">All that to say, everybody&#8217;s starting line is different. Everybody&#8217;s starting ingredients are different. We can still do what we wanna do.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And if you wanna be a writer, if you wanna be a science fiction and fantasy writer, you totally can do it, even if today is day one, or day five, or day ten, or day thirty, or year one.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">[01:18] Read and Write Daily\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What do you need? All you need is a passion for it. You need to read, read, and read. And oh my God, read. Read, read, read, read, read.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you&#8217;re not reading, it&#8217;s really hard to be a writer. And then you need to write. Play, doodle. Okay, doodling is drawing, but play with ideas. If all you can do is write down ideas, or world build, or have story seedlings, write it down. So reading and writing, key ingredients to being a writer.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Start today. Maybe you started last week. Maybe you started last year. That&#8217;s all good.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dive into it. Do it because you love it. Read the things you love to read, watch the things you love to watch, research the things you love to research. All of that will be the foundation for your books.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">[02:05] Build Writing Community\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Third piece of being a writer: get thee into a writing community.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I know I&#8217;ve mentioned this many times. It is the core of my work because that&#8217;s how I developed as a writer. I, when I was in journalism, I learned from my editors. When I wanted to be a fiction writer, I joined a group, a critique group, an in-person group, and then later on that group became online, a different group.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Anyway, online is great. If all you have is online, there&#8217;s a lot of writing communities online. I have a writing community online. There are lots and lots and lots of communities<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">[02:39] Fellowship of the Pen community\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I have Fellowship of the Pen. If you sign up for my newsletter by getting the World Building Workbook for Fiction Writers, you are invited to join Fellowship of the Pen. It&#8217;s a Facebook group.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Come in, chat, share your progress. Share your support for others. Share your progress. Share your questions. Share your excitements. What are you reading? What are you watching? What are you listening to? We learn from each other. Community, it&#8217;s so interesting.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">[03:05] Solo and Community\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Writers, we tend to be solo, right? We tend to be kind of at the edge of the village, of leave me alone, I&#8217;m by myself. Maybe we meander into the groups from time to time.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lots of writers are like this. We go away, we come back, we go away, we come back. You need your community. Go to writing sessions. Go to writing groups in your community. Go to book talks. Go listen to other authors read their stuff. Go to writing conferences. Go to salons. Go to your local cafe and chat with someone who is reading a book. Find out what they&#8217;re reading. Talk to people.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">[03:44] Reconnect After Isolation\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A very interesting thing has happened in the modern era, in the most recent modern era with the pandemic and the lockdowns and the isolation. It may have provoked some isolation, habits that got worse for those of us who like being alone. I liked all the time I had alone, but I also know I need people, and if I&#8217;m not around people, I get kinda depressed, frankly.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If I&#8217;m not doing my creative work, I get depressed, but if I&#8217;m not around people, I also get depressed. I have a husband, I have cats, I have my plants. It&#8217;s not enough. I have to go out into the world, meet new people, be around new people.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">[04:21] Feed Creative Fire\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And here&#8217;s the fourth component.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I talked about reading, I talked about writing, and I talked about community.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Feed your creative well. Feed your creative fire. Do new things.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How do we feed our creative fire? We do new things. New food, new, new clothes. Could just be different clothes that you haven&#8217;t worn in a long time. Try a recipe you haven&#8217;t tried in a long time. Go see some art. Go listen to some music.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Go walk in a neighborhood you haven&#8217;t walked in, safely. Walk into a store that you&#8217;ve always walked by, and you&#8217;ve never walked in. Walk in. Check it out. Do new things. When we do new things, we get new ideas. New patterns are created in our minds.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">[04:59] Start Where You Are\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So I am not behind. I am right where I am. And here&#8217;s the big tip I have learned how to do over the years.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I say to myself, &#8220;Start from where you are.&#8221;\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And with the advent of computer games and computers and restarts and often I think of hitting the restart button. I&#8217;m just hitting restart. It&#8217;s okay. We&#8217;re clearing the slate. I think of like a, clearing the table, clearing the slate, clearing it, restarting.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It&#8217;s okay. We can restart every minute, every five minutes, every hour, every day. Now, I recognize that not everyone&#8217;s gonna need this advice. So please take what&#8217;s useful. Leave the rest.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">[05:37] Final Encouragement\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You are not behind. You are right where you are, and you can start from where you are. I did, and I know you can. All right, everyone, that&#8217;s it for this week.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Write long and prosper.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Loved this episode? Leave us a review and rating here:\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.buzzsprout.com\/2012061\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/www.buzzsprout.com\/2012061<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><b>Need instructions on how to leave a review?<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/leave-a-podcast-review\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Go here.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">***<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><b>Support our work for creatives: leave a tip: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/ko-fi.com\/bethbarany\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/ko-fi.com\/bethbarany<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">***<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ABOUT BETH BARANY<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/BETH-BARANY_2023_300px_01-e1692481023683.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-27411 size-full alignleft\" title=\"Beth Barany\" src=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/BETH-BARANY_2023_300px_01-e1692481023683.png\" alt=\"Image of Beth Barany\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Beth Barany is an award-winning fantasy and science fiction novelist and creativity coach for writers. They help novelists write, revise, and publish stories that matter\u2014blending practical craft guidance with a big-picture commitment to imagination, meaning, and possibility.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Learn more about Beth Barany at these sites:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/author.bethbarany.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Author site<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \/\u00a0 <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/bethbarany.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Coaching site<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \/ <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/baranyschooloffiction.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">School of Fiction<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \/ <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.writersfunzone.com\/blog\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Writer\u2019s Fun Zone blog<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">CONNECT<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Contact Beth: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/podcast\/#tve-jump-185b4422580\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/podcast\/#tve-jump-185b4422580<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Email: beth@bethbarany.com<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">LinkedIn:<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/bethbarany\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/bethbarany\/<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">IG: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/bethbarany\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/bethbarany\/<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">TT: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@bethbarany\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@bethbarany\/<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">FB: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/bethbarany\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/bethbarany<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">X: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BethBarany\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/BethBarany<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">CREDITS\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">EDITED WITH DESCRIPT:<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.descript.com?lmref=_w1WCA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> https:\/\/www.descript.com?lmref=_w1WCA <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(Refer-a-Friend link)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MUSIC CREDITS : Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!):<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/uppbeat.io\/t\/soundroll\/fuzz-buzz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> https:\/\/uppbeat.io\/t\/soundroll\/fuzz-buzz<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> License code: UMMKDRL02DFGKJ0L. \u201cFuzz buzz\u201d by Soundroll. Commercial license:<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/musicvine.com\/track\/soundroll\/fuzz-buzz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> https:\/\/musicvine.com\/track\/soundroll\/fuzz-buzz<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DISTRIBUTED BY BUZZSPROUT:<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.buzzsprout.com\/?referrer_id=1994465\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> https:\/\/www.buzzsprout.com\/?referrer_id=1994465<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Refer-a-Friend link)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">SHOW PRODUCTION BY Beth Barany<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">SHOW CO-PRODUCTION + NOTES by Kerry-Ann McDade<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">EDITORIAL by Iman Llompart\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">c 2026 BETH BARANY<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bethbarany.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/bethbarany.com\/<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For more \u201cHow To Write the Future\u201d episodes, go <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/podcast\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">here.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you\u2019d like to invite Beth onto your podcast, drop her a note <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/contact-beth\/#contactbeth\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">here.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2705 Like the work we do? 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