The Secret to Becoming a Prolific Writer

A lot of people ask me how I manage to write so much.

‘You wrote a novel while studying at university?! That’s crazy! I couldn’t write a novel in my life.’

I hear those words a lot. Of course, I take it as a compliment; a friendly way of saying ‘well done!’ but it does kind of frustrate me, particularly the second part, ‘I couldn’t write a novel.’ As a writer, I feel it’s partly my responsibility to encourage all budding storytellers to get something written, but 9.9 times out of ten, people ju...