Goodreads asked Matthew McAndrew:

What’s your advice for aspiring writers?

Matthew McAndrew Practice finishing the things you start, and do them with the right attitude. That goes for everything, not just writing, so you can train yourself in any project or even any tiny everyday task you begin.
Your book is never going to get written if you aren't driven enough to see it through all the way to the end. If you don't think you can do it, you won't. If you don't want to, you won't. If you can't discipline yourself to, you won't. That simple.
Don't wait around for inspiration. That's lame. Go find it or make it. It shouldn't be something that comes to you just every once in a while. And don't make excuses. If you're creative enough and driven enough, 'writer's block' will never be an issue--because you'll realize it doesn't exist. It's an imaginary block that someone gave a nametag. It's not real and it should never be a problem. Problems happen. Blocks shouldn't. Problems you can power through. But if there's a block, it's because you put it there.
Basically, becoming an author is a practice in perseverance. Get that first, then everything else--skill, technique, style--will follow.

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