Goodreads asked Matthew O'Neil:

What’s your advice for aspiring writers?

Matthew O'Neil Just write. Write about what you're passionate about. Write when you have a free moment. Finding time is certainly important, but unless you've gotten an advance from a publisher and can quit your job from it, people can be limited. So find a few minutes to chip away at whatever it is you're writing about. It'll eventually come together.

As for how "good" the structure, content, etc. is, worry about that once you've got all the content written. I call my first phase of writing the "vomit" phase, because I, more or less, just start typing to get everything I want to say on the screen/page. You can read back afterwards and edit, shift, and restructure the page so it reads better. Just make sure you know what you want to say. There are editors out there that can make it flow easier too. If you have a publisher, they can take care of that for you. Otherwise you can access them through other sites if you want. Or ask someone you trust to do a read through (you should probably do that anyway to ensure it is readable and to get constructive criticism).

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