Goodreads asked Tanya Sousa:

What’s your advice for aspiring writers?

Tanya Sousa Write what you are passionate about and develop your own voice. It is important to read a lot and practice other people's styles when you're a young or beginning author, but at some point you need to pull away from the pack and just do your own thing without allowing yourself to be distracted from the growth of your own style. Once you feel comfortable in your own writing skin, then you can venture out again and tweak your work based on things you read and feel are exciting other styles. That's not a common bit of advice and probably flies in the face of what most people say, but it's worked for me.

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