Goodreads asked Sarah Anne Johnson:

What’s your advice for aspiring writers?

Sarah Anne Johnson Read, read, read, and sit in your chair at your desk and writ. Commit to a certain amount of time each day and stay in your chair. Author Ron Carlson has said that if you hit a roadblock in your writing, sit with it for twenty minutes. Don't get up to get a cup of coffee or check the mail. Don't go on the Internet. Just sit with it. Every time I've tried this, I've been able to write through my snag. Sitting is half the work of writing. So just sit there.

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