Goodreads asked Andrew Neil Gray:

What’s your advice for aspiring writers?

Andrew Neil Gray It takes time! When I was starting out I wanted everything to happen NOW. But I'm a slow learner (apparently) and I had to make every mistake in the book before finally producing work that magazines and publishers were willing to take a chance on. Looking back, if I was to give myself one piece of advice, I'd say, slow down. Put that new and shiny story in a drawer for a few weeks, then show it to some people before sending it out into the world. Make it the best it can be.

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