Neil Gaiman reveals the Secrets of Successful Writing

Advice from a Newbery Medal winner and multi-published author:

Neil Gaiman was John Green's surprise guest at An Evening of Awesome last night at Carnegie Hall. Here's Neil's advice for aspiring authors -- and good advice for all of us:

"Read everything.
Write.
Do not hope that elves will come in the night and write your novel for you.
They NEVER do.
I've tried, and it's a waste of time.
And finish things, just whatever it takes to finish,
finish, and then get on with the next one.
You will learn more from a glorious failure than you ever will from something you never finished."

(I think I need to get this engraved in a plaque to put right over my writing desk.)
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