Goodreads asked Christine Manzari:

What’s your advice for aspiring writers?

Christine Manzari My first piece of advice for aspiring writers is to read. READ A LOT. Read everything you can get your hands on. Make reading a priority. I think reading is the most important thing for successful authors. My second piece of advice is to give yourself a goal so you have motivation. Try writing 1,000 words a day. Or if that's too much, make your goal 500 a day. Whatever your goal is, stick to it. Even if what you write is crap, write. You can always go back and edit bad writing and make it better. But if you don't write at all, then you have nothing. A great way to get motivated is to join NaNoWriMo every November and try their 50,000 words in a month challenge. It's a great way to get motivated and meet author authors.

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