Cintia
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Roisin Meaney:
Hi... I've always wanted to be a writer, but it's been years since the last time I wrote, because I HAVE NO IDEAS. No matter how hard I try, I can't seem to come up with anything, and I'm every day more discouraged, because I learned that 96% of manuscripts are rejected. With so many people wanting to be writers and those stats, I feel this is pointless, and I want to give up. Any tips on how to deal with this?
Roisin Meaney
Cintia - why do you want to be a writer? You sound thoroughly discouraged before you even start. Ideas are everywhere - conversations (your own or overheard), news items (TV, radio, newspapers, online), things you observe, things you daydream about - your mission if you want to be a writer is to grab onto the next thing you see/hear/read that grabs you, and play with it and tease it out and work it up until you have the bones of a story. You can't let statistics about rejections bother you - if we all did that, nothing would ever get written. Don't write to be published - if you're good enough, it will happen. Write because it stimulates and challenges and intrigues you, and persevere when it frustrates and infuriates and depresses you. Give yourself a deadline and stick to it. Write every day, even if it means getting up an hour early. Dont be discouraged, be confident. Good luck!
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