What Does It Feel Like?

by Sophie Kinsella

My advice is to write the book you would like to read yourself.

write the truth. Write what you know and do it convincingly. I don’t mean write nonfiction,” she clarifies. “I mean write the truth about life, whatever genre you’re in.”

And right at that moment, this is her only aim in life, the only happy ending she wants. Just to keep going.

This is the luxury of fiction—you are in complete control. You can tweak and alter and no one will point out the inaccuracies.