Goodreads asked Harry Nelson:

What’s your advice for aspiring writers?

Harry Nelson So many people are walking around with important ideas to share, but having trouble getting them onto paper or doing so but feeling they are too rough to share. The key is to force yourself to write consistently and then to find supportive readers to comment and refine your thinking. The process of sharing you work is invaluable in itself. Many people have expressed amazement that I was able to find time to write while running my businesses, with 50+ employees in our law firm and another 20+ in several spin-offs. It is just a matter of committing the time. I wrote late at night and early in the morning. I took time wherever I could find a quiet 30 minutes. I urge anyone thinking about doing it to just make the time. The process gave me a level of clarity about my passions and my work in this world.

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