Goodreads asked Lacey Napiontek:

What’s your advice for aspiring writers?

Lacey Napiontek Fear and ignorance are the two biggest stumbling blocks you will ever face, but you are the only person standing between yourself and achieving your goal. When I write, I start with a draft that I tell myself is only for me. I write the good, the bad and the ugly of my thoughts and feelings without suppression. I let go of the fear of being politically correct, being received well, or even being liked and I write the truth....the way I see it anyways. Write about your struggle with Anorexia, or the helplessness of being raped, write about the feelings you have for the boy you can’t say out loud, write about your mother, the things you love and the things that make you crazy. Write about your depression, your disgust for something everyone else seems to love or accept, the things you are most embarrassed by, or the thing you fear the most. The point is to write. When I have completely exerted every emotion I feel on paper the ink stars back at me and I realize it isn’t the fear of sharing yourself with others that haunts you. No the hardest part sometimes is just admitting it to yourself. You may not share everything you write but you will find powerful words that are inescapable to the subject you most want to shed light on.

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