What advice do you have for writers just starting out?

What advice do you have for writers just starting out?

Russell Celyn Jones (Published writer. Professor of Creative Writing and Director of the MA Programme at Birkbeck College (University of London).) gives expert video advice on: What advice do you have for writers just starting out?; What cautions do you have for wannabe writers?; Is it true that 'everyone has a novel in them'? and more...

Write everyday, read all the time, keep your day job. There's not a lot of money to be made in fiction except at the very top end. That shouldn't be your motive. You really need to want to do it, and if your ideas nag at you long enough, it'll be irresistible after awhile to just sit down and write. Write them out in a form of fiction.