Goodreads asked Phoebe Hinkle:

What’s your advice for aspiring writers?

Phoebe Hinkle READ. Read a lot. Authors you don't like as well as those you do. Take note of what they do well, what they do badly, and apply it in your own writing. That's how I've learned to write; I studied Brian Jacques' descriptions and fight scenes, Jaye L. Knight's deep POV, and others.

And write, even if you think it sounds terrible. Just get it down on the page. Don't worry about trying to make it sound amazing the first time around; you can always come back and edit it later. (Yeah . . . I often get hung up trying to come with an amazing first sentence. Not a brilliant idea.)

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