Goodreads asked Nick R.B. Tingley:

What’s your advice for aspiring writers?

Nick R.B. Tingley A lot of writers labour under the idea that the creative part of telling a story is getting that first draft done. To a certain extent I find that is true in the sense that you need to get that story out of your head and on to paper. But for me the real creativity comes with the edit which is where I turn my mashed up collection of words and ideas into a strong and coherent story. So many writers just think of the edit as correcting the spelling and punctuation (and don't get me wrong that is hugely important), but that is not the be all and end all of it. If you don't embrace the edit in the same way you embrace your first draft, you're not really doing your best for the readers.

So if I had to say anything I'd say, treat your edit with the same respect as your first draft - what you do in the edit can really make or break your story.

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