Goodreads asked Fanny Blake:

What’s your advice for aspiring writers?

Fanny Blake Read as much as you can. Try to analyse how novels you particularly like are put together, how scenes and characters work. And write. It may sound obvious but it's much easier to talk about writing than it is to actually do it. So it's a question of getting your bum on that seat every day and not giving up until you've got to the end of whatever you're writing. It may help to give yourself a target every day too. You don't have to write much, but you do have to write something just to keep the idea alive and the pages mounting up.

flag