Goodreads asked Victoria Williamson:

What’s your advice for aspiring writers?

Victoria Williamson Write what excites you! A story takes a lot of time and work to get right, and if you’re not fully invested in the world you’ve created and the characters who live there then it’s much harder to resist the temptation to give up when the going gets tough. The first stories I wrote when I was five or six were (badly spelled!) retellings of films I’d seen, books my mother had read to me or cartoons I’d watched, and writing alternative plots to other people’s stories can be a great way to get started, especially if it’s a world you can really lose yourself in.

All writers begin as readers though, so read as many stories as you can and pay attention to the types of characters you identify with and the stories that move you or capture your imagination. If you can work out what makes you enjoy a story, then you’ll find it much easier to write an adventure that your readers won’t be able to put down.

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