Goodreads asked Mary Volmer:

What’s your advice for aspiring writers?

Mary Volmer The best advice I can give writers is to persist, if you must. I’ve tried to quit writing, but I failed. I’m compelled to put words on a page and if this describes you, too, then keep going. You don’t have to write a novel to be writer. You don’t have to publish a novel to be a writer. You only need to write. The practice is hard, often frustrating, sometimes demoralizing. But writing also allows you to inhabit the world with a constant sense of curiosity and awe. This is true for all storytellers, essayists, and poets, regardless of aesthetic or genre. Mary Zimmerman says, “Through storytelling we cultivate empathy.” I can think of no more noble and necessary calling.

(answer excerpted from an interview with Robin Martinez Rice: http://robinmartinezrice.com/intervie...)

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