Goodreads asked Laura Perry:

What’s your advice for aspiring writers?

Laura Perry Write. Keep writing. Don't stop. It's so easy to get discouraged, especially when non-writers comment that writing somehow doesn't count as 'real work.' It is real work, absolutely. And as with any skill, the more you do it, the better you get, especially if you read and study good writers along the way. It's also important to realize that your writing doesn't have to be perfect the moment it hits the page. There's an impression that great writers have some sort of magic that allows them to just dribble perfect prose, line after line, but that's not true at all. Every writer edits, re-writes, and edits again, tweaking that prose until it's just right. So give yourself a break. Just get it down on paper (or the computer screen) first, then fix it up until it's to your liking. And don't quit, no matter what kind of idiotic comments people make.

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