Goodreads asked Britain Kalai Soderquist:

What’s your advice for aspiring writers?

Britain Kalai Soderquist Write every day, even for just a few minutes. Building a habit of daily writing will help you meet your goals as a writer, and keep your skills on a constant path of improvement. You can't write once every five years and expect to be as good as someone who patiently writes every single day.

Read, read, read! Only by reading can you see what ideas have not been thought of yet. And only by reading can you learn which genres and linguistic styles you like best. Your skill with prose will be greatly improved by reading. Don't forget to read the classics... we call them that for a reason, you know. Jane Austen is my favorite (obviously), but slogging through a little Dickens is a kind of rite of passage.

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