Goodreads asked Michael Allen:

What’s your advice for aspiring writers?

Michael Allen The hardest brushstroke on a new painting is always the first one. Just start writing. You don't have to know where the story ends up or how to make connections, you'll feel that out as you go. Get the first draft down, it can be terrible, then patiently rewrite. it's way easier to rewrite and edit than it is to build the whole story in your head before you start and then give doubts time to slip in.

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