Your First Novel Might Not Be Your Debut
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Your First Novel Might Not Be Your Debut
I never did find a buyer for the book. Or the next one, either. It was ten years before I got the first check for something I had written and ten more before a novel, The Legend of Bagger Vance, was actually published.
Steven Pressfield • The War of Art
That I did keep writing novels after I failed,
Ashley Poston • The Dead Romantics: A GMA Book Club Pick
He flashed thumbs-down. "Miss it, man. It sucks." I was crushed. Here I was, forty-two years old, divorced, childless, having given up all normal human pursuits to chase the dream of being a writer; now I've finally got my name on a big-time Hollywood production starring Linda Hamilton, and what happens? I'm a loser, a phony; my life is worthless,
... See moreSteven Pressfield • The War of Art
I had tried starting a blog during college, called Nothin’ But A Notepad, but it was largely unsuccessful. I never once surpassed more than 100 views on any of my posts.
Nicolas Cole • The Art and Business of Online Writing: How to Beat the Game of Capturing and Keeping Attention
"Nobody tells this to people who are beginners. I wish someone had told me. All of us who do creative work, we get into it because we have good taste. But there is this gap. For the first couple years you make stuff, it’s just not that good. It’s trying to be good, it has potential, but it’s not. But your taste, the thing that got you into the... See more