Neil Gaiman often has interesting things to say. On this
2004 link is the fairly well known quote:
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There's no magic answer, I'm afraid. This is how you do it: you sit down at the keyboard and you put one word after another until it's done. It's that easy, and that hard.
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But I also found this bit further down, which strikes a chord with me at the moment (more in another thread):
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Most people can start a short story or a novel. If you're a writer, you can finish them. Finish enough of them, and you may be good enough to be publishable. Good luck.
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