Amanda McKinney
My number one piece of advice is to write every day!! Even if it's just a few paragraphs, do it. This will keep your creative juices flowing and will help to keep the same tone throughout the story you're creating.
Also—and this is totally cliche—don't give up - stay committed. Keep wrestling with that story until you've got it perfect. If I didn't "commit to being committed", I would have given up on every single book Ive written. There will ALWAYS be days where you have no idea where to take the story, or what to say next . . . and that makes it very easy to give up! But, keep at it. :)
Also—and this is totally cliche—don't give up - stay committed. Keep wrestling with that story until you've got it perfect. If I didn't "commit to being committed", I would have given up on every single book Ive written. There will ALWAYS be days where you have no idea where to take the story, or what to say next . . . and that makes it very easy to give up! But, keep at it. :)
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