Maya Rose asked Alwyn Hamilton:

Hi Alwyn! I have read many, many books. However, when I read Rebel of the Sands last year it became my favorite book of all time! I just wanted to let you know how important the story of Amani means to me personally. I aspire to create a story that impacts someone the way yours did to me. Do you have any tips for a teenage writer?

Alwyn Hamilton Hi Maya! This is such a lovely message! I'm so sorry it took me so long to see and reply to it! It made my heart swell so much to hear that REBEL is your favourite book! Thank you so so much!

My main tip for any writer would be, finish what you start. Writing is like anything else, playing a musical instrument, or a sport, and you learn by practicing and practicing, until you are finally good enough to do it professionally. So don't put pressure on yourself to be perfect in the beginning, you're still learning! And you will learn way more from finishing a book, even if it's not perfect, than you ever will from writing a perfect first 3 chapters and never finishing the book.

So just finish it, learn, and remember you can always edit it later!

Good luck with your writing, I hope I'll get to see your books on shelves one day :-)

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