What does "get on with it" mean?
"I get a lot of letters from people. They say, "I want to be a writer. What should I do?" I tell them to stop writing to me and get on with it."
-Ruth Rendell

What "it" is indicating here?

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What does "get on with it" mean?
"I get a lot of letters from people. They say, "I want to be a writer. What should I do?" I tell them to stop writing to me and get on with it."
-Ruth Rendell

What "it" is indicating here?

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The 'it' here indicates 'writing'.
Stop writing to me and get on with writing (your novel/article/manifesto etc).

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get on with it = start (it)

I want to be a writer. = I want to write

get on with it = start writing
"it" = writing

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