Goodreads asked Darren Greer:

What’s your advice for aspiring writers?

Darren Greer I think the most important thing is to establish a schedule that works, while still giving time to important matters like school, family, job and friends. Once you establish that schedule you should stick to it, making the commitment for the rest of your life if necessary. To be a writer is an important, sometimes ever a sacred, task. You have joined our ranks, become a self-appointed observer and commentator on the world. At first, before publication, it will sustain you. After publication it will ground you. I don't think there are any other tricks. Write, and write as well as you can. Eradicate laziness. Laziness, and fear, can kill a writer.

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