Goodreads asked Tracy L. Ward:

What’s your advice for aspiring writers?

Tracy L. Ward My best advice would be read, read, read, read.... (infinity). The only method I have found that ensures good writers is becoming a good reader. The goal as a reader and wanna be writer is not to copy but to study, enjoy and then carve your own style and niche. In a writing group I can always tell who reads everything, who reads only within their chosen genre and who reads everything. The writers who read everything are not afraid to experiment with different writing styles, voices and have the best developed characters. My second advice is aspiring writers is to write everyday. Writing is a muscle. It only gets stronger with use and practice. Writers who do these two things will have an amazing career with oodles of stories to their credit.

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