Goodreads asked Christopher David Sturdevant:

What’s your advice for aspiring writers?

Christopher David Sturdevant The best advice I can give to an aspiring author is to sit down and either write or type out their ideas, an outline, if you will. Lay out the ground work for the story you want to tell.

Don't worry about grammar or punctuation for now. When you have your ideas down, walk away for a little while and come back to it. Read over your previous ideas and if necessary tweak them. This helps you to think the story thru from beginning to end and may help you from getting stuck.

I would also advise finding a trusted confidant, with whom you can bounce your ideas off of. Sometimes they can help with direction or point out flaws and pitfalls. When you have done this, take your ideas/outline and start filling in the blanks with description and action.

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