Your First Novel Might Not Be Your Debut
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Your First Novel Might Not Be Your Debut
When Emerson wrote, “To be great is to be misunderstood,” he was not focused on developing a blockbuster, nor was he trying to appeal to the masses. But he was speaking a lot of truth.
Sometimes you’ll be ahead of your time or the joke won’t land or the recipient of your email won’t give you the time of day. Sometimes you’ll be the runner up.... See more
Sometimes you’ll be ahead of your time or the joke won’t land or the recipient of your email won’t give you the time of day. Sometimes you’ll be the runner up.... See more
Caroline Cala Donofrio • You Can't Win Them All
Writing tip: The belief that the 1st draft must be good makes working on it an intimidating prospect that often leads to paralysis. So let the 1st draft be junk; it should be purely about getting from start to finish, nothing more. You really write the piece when you rewrite it.
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True, their latest book has a shiny bestseller tag on it. But what about the seven novels they wrote that went nowhere? All of those words—all of those hours of writing—is only now seeing fruit.
Scott Moon • The Writing Dream: and How to Make it to Happily Ever After
“First novels are autobiography and wish fulfillment. Evidently, one’s got to push all one’s disappointments and unmet desires through the pipes before one can write anything useful.” I