Goodreads asked Bill Ransom:

What’s your advice for aspiring writers?

Bill Ransom Lower anxiety by not worrying about first draft. Only Sister Rosetta Stone in 7th grade says first draft has to be in order. I write the part of the story that I see today. I don't start thinking about order until I'm at least 100 pages in (novels). The beginning never turns out to be the beginning, so don't rewrite it every time you turn to the manuscript. Just keep piling up pages, all will become clear. Practice patience. Forgive yourself often.

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