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There's more to writing a novel than just typing on a keyboard or scribbling in a notepad. Anyone who's faced the blank page knows the written word can be quite intimidating when it comes down to starting your novel and sticking with it to the final page.

At some point in your writing career, you should seek feedback on your work. Sure, your mom can look it over. Your best friend can read your new novel.

But if you want honest criticism, one of the best sources for critiques is from your peers.

 The first time I attempted to write a children's book it took me three months and several years of promising myself I would do it "one day." In that time I managed to wash the dog a million times, rearrange my closet, get my apartment so clean that they should have done a commercial about it and procrastinate in ways that gave the word a new name.