Goodreads asked Ginger Pinholster:

What’s your advice for aspiring writers?

Ginger Pinholster Know that you are loved and you are doing a noble thing. Attempting to bring art into the world is so much more difficult than most people realize. Try to have fun with it, too. Close your office door and read your work aloud. Act out the dialogue. Immerse yourself into the world you’re creating on the page. Writer Anne Lamott wrote, in Bird by Bird, that “the first draft is the child’s draft, where you let it all pour out and then let it romp all over the place, knowing that no one is going to see it and that you can shape it later.” Allowing your imagination to have play time is a great privilege – enjoy it. Once your first draft is complete, then you can unleash your inner grownup and revise your work.

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