Goodreads asked Richard Gradner:

What’s your advice for aspiring writers?

Richard Gradner Put the framework for your story together and stick to it. Lauren Beukes gave me the best advice when I started writing. She said "finish your story". In other words, don't mess about with marketing or anything else, rather stick to finishing the story first. You gotta keep your eye on the ball. If you busy yourself with other stuff in the middle of writing, then you lose focus and momentum which makes it that much harder to start writing again. Be consistent. Write at the same time and place.

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