Goodreads asked Carolyn S. Spiro:

What’s your advice for aspiring writers?

Carolyn S. Spiro Read. Write. Take classes. Go to workshops. Read and write some more. Ask for advice. Listen to readings out loud. And hear me: You're never too old to write. Write, walk, run, dance, write some more. Live life, don't write it, be present in life while things are happening. Feel everything. it's all grist for the mill. Write about it later and not to avoid feeling. DON't ever let anyone else tell you you can't write. If they do, turn and run for the hills and block that voice from you head. They are wrong. If you get weary, sad, lost and don't have the courage to write -- ok, it happen. Take a break. Take as long as you need. Make some money. Take a vacation -- I don't know, I can't tell you what to do, but do something different. Change it up. Change is good. Someday your passion or interest will return. If it doesn't, it wasn't meant to be. You can't force it. Live authentically and you'll figure it out.

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