Goodreads asked Michael Schulkins:

What’s your advice for aspiring writers?

Michael Schulkins Write, write, write, and then write some more! You won't know what kind of a write you are, and whether you even want to write at all until you've written 50 to 100 thousand words. And here's some more explicit advice: Until you get as good as Patrick O'Brian, everything you write should be set in a recognizable place (a scene), have the consistent viewpoint of a single character, and show people doing things and talking together. Sounds obvious, but many beginning writers fail to do this.

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