Goodreads asked Andy Walker:

What’s your advice for aspiring writers?

Andy Walker I think the best advice I could give is to read Anne Lamott's, "Bird by Bird". She explains the difficulties and frustrations of writing in such an entertaining way, and with such clarity, that you feel empowered to tackle any writing project once you've read it. Mainly, it gives you permission, and the knowledge that you're in a pool that contains pretty much everyone, to crank out a horrible first draft. Just let it flow and be as bad as it is. THEN set about fixing it. In my case, set about fixing it at least a dozen times. Another author once told me, "When you're done, you've really only just begun." Yet another shared that there are few truly "bad" books out there. They're really just unfinished.

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