【译文】请求人帮助就去求真正的男子汉，救济别人就救济那些急需救济的人。口渴的时候一滴水也如同甘露一般甜美，喝醉酒后再添杯还不如不添。

Read, read, read. Read everything — trash, classics, good and bad, and see how they do it. Just like a carpenter who works as an apprentice and studies the master. Read! You'll absorb it. Then write. If it's good, you'll find out. If it's not, throw it out of the window.

Consciousness is not a thing, but a process.