“As with all writers, there will be days where you’re just...

“As with all writers, there will be days where you’re just not in the mood. But what happens if you tell yourself that you’re only going to write a few sentences rather than skipping a day? Open up the manuscript and start writing, just for a few minutes. You will be shocked at how quickly you are pulled back in and the words mount up. Sometimes I go well above my daily target when starting like this. Even if you don’t, something is better than nothing, right?”

—Taran Matharu is a New York Times bestselling author. He was born in London in 1990 and began his first book at 9 years old. Taran wrote his bestselling Summoner series during NaNoWriMo in November 2013, at the age of 22. The book reached over 3 million reads on Wattpad.com in less than six months, and has since been translated into 15 languages around the world.