Anastasia asked S.D. Perry:

Hi S.D., I was wondering if you could possibly share three tips on becoming a successful writer and how you became successful?

S.D. Perry I was lucky, because my dad's a writer; I was able to get my foot in the door early, which was undoubtedly key to getting more work.

As to how to be successful? The only difference between writers and non-writers is that writers write. You can't get good at something if you don't practice regularly, and edit, and redraft, and write more. Writing feels good; you get to make up characters and have them run around and do stuff... but being creative is only the beginning. That's the fun, easy part. It's making it readable that requires effort, and you can't get there if you don't teach yourself, by trial and error. So, my three tips are write, write, write.

Hope that helps!

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