Goodreads asked Hester Velmans:

What’s your advice for aspiring writers?

Hester Velmans The best advice I can give is to muscle your way through the hard part--the start of the novel of story. You'll find that if you persist, the story will eventually take on a life of its own, and take you on a thrilling rollercoaster ride to the inexorable ending. I'd also say that although you're always told to "write what you know", it doesn't mean you shouldn't use your imagination. Sometimes it's necessary to throw away what you know, and indulge in the most outrageous flights of fancy. It's fiction, after all, and fiction gives you the license to invent!

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