Want It And Earn It
I remember getting advice from an author back when I was unpublished. She said something along the lines of: if you want it - deep down in your gut want it - and are willing to work at it and understand the harsh truth that being published is not something you’re entitled to but, rather, is something you have to earn, you’ll likely get published. For some reason, that advice has always stuck in my head. I thought about it the other day when I came across a quote by Phyllis Whitney. She said:
You must want to enough. Enough to take all the rejections, enough to pay the price of disappointment and discouragement while you are learning. Like any other artist you must learn your craft—then you can add all the genius you like.
Seems to me the authors are saying the same thing. I concur. Want it enough to take all of the bad stuff, knowing that achieving the good part is not a guarantee.
May 10th, 2008 at 2:02 pm
Hello;
I’d like to know when is the writing challenge about to begin, can you tell me the date, please? I need to push myself and this would be good.
Thank you