Goodreads asked Ken Wheaton:

What’s your advice for aspiring writers?

Ken Wheaton Instead of shoving your manuscript in a drawer and ignoring it, shove your excuses in a drawer. Don't wait around for inspiration or a new computer or a new piece of software -- and don't let research turn into a procrastination engine. Two hours a day, sit in front of a screen or a piece of paper and write. That's all it takes, a couple hours a day. I have a full-time job and a social life and train for half marathons and the like, but two hours a day! (Okay, not EVERY day, but when I'm working on something, I work on it like it's a job.) Most of us can't find five or six hours of alone time. And even when I can, I burn out after three hours. So ... two hours a day. One page or 10. Just like running a marathon, it adds up.

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