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Liz Fielding:
I'm an aspiring writer, but I'm dealing with two things: I get discouraged every single day because 96% of manuscripts are rejected, and I haven't had an idea for years, literally. There's too many people wanting to be writers, and knowing there's so much competition just kills me a little every day. When I get motivated, immediatly something appears about the industry that kills it. Any tips on how to deal with this?
Liz Fielding
Hi Cinthia - sorry I haven't been around. Family stuff.
Publishing is a tough business, but the one thing I can tell you with absolutely confidence is that you have to write the book of your heart. Trying to follow the latest trend is never going to work because those books will have been written up to a year before.
It was easier back when I started. No social media, no endless blogs or tweets about what the latest hot thing. We just wrote what drove us.
Writing is hard enough without trying to write something that doesn't consume you. Just block out the white noise and keep writing, Cinthia. It took me years to get a book published, but everything you write makes your writing stronger. Good luck.
Liz
Publishing is a tough business, but the one thing I can tell you with absolutely confidence is that you have to write the book of your heart. Trying to follow the latest trend is never going to work because those books will have been written up to a year before.
It was easier back when I started. No social media, no endless blogs or tweets about what the latest hot thing. We just wrote what drove us.
Writing is hard enough without trying to write something that doesn't consume you. Just block out the white noise and keep writing, Cinthia. It took me years to get a book published, but everything you write makes your writing stronger. Good luck.
Liz
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