Goodreads asked Pawan Mishra:

What’s your advice for aspiring writers?

Pawan Mishra Think about what's different about the book you are about to start writing. Do lot of research on topics / ideas detailed in the book. Travel and see different places and meet different people. Make sure you have a way to capture your thoughts at all times - so that they are not lost later. If you are fiction write, read a lot of fiction books with a variety of genres; even if those are very different than the genre you write in. Develop reading interest in philosophy, psychology, and history, if possible. Observe people around you because many of them will provide you with several traits in your characters, if not become one of them. Network immensely with the writer and reader communities to help you write better and promote your book better. Don't get demoralized by negative reviews and discouragements from individual readers -- because those may not be the target readers of your writing. Similarly, don't get overconfident by a few good reviews and always hear the critics with an honest ear.

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