E. Francis
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Daniel Price:
I write sci fi i havent been published i quit then come back should i just give up is it worth it to keep going?
Daniel Price
Hi Elaine,
That's a question every writer asks themselves at some point in their lives, usually more than once. Nobody else can answer it for you. All I can offer you is my own personal experience.
I gave up for a while after my first novel tanked. The thought of spending another two to three years on a book that no one else will read was paralyzing. I wasted so much time trying to protect myself from future failures that I was ignoring the novel that was burning a hole in my head, namely "The Flight of the Silvers."
It took a small bout with cancer to realign my priorities. My illness made me realize that there's nothing else I want to do in this world but tell stories, and that the only way to guarantee failure was to not write at all. So I broke out the laptop and started the book. On hindsight, I'm very glad I did.
Still, the writer's life isn't for everyone. In the end, only you can decide if it's your calling or not. But if there's a story currently burning a hole in your head, one you can't go a single day without thinking about, then my advice is to freaking WRITE IT. At least that's the advice I would have given Past Me during those long, painful years of self-doubt and paralysis.
Hope my answer helped a little. Good luck in whatever path you choose.
Best,
Dan
That's a question every writer asks themselves at some point in their lives, usually more than once. Nobody else can answer it for you. All I can offer you is my own personal experience.
I gave up for a while after my first novel tanked. The thought of spending another two to three years on a book that no one else will read was paralyzing. I wasted so much time trying to protect myself from future failures that I was ignoring the novel that was burning a hole in my head, namely "The Flight of the Silvers."
It took a small bout with cancer to realign my priorities. My illness made me realize that there's nothing else I want to do in this world but tell stories, and that the only way to guarantee failure was to not write at all. So I broke out the laptop and started the book. On hindsight, I'm very glad I did.
Still, the writer's life isn't for everyone. In the end, only you can decide if it's your calling or not. But if there's a story currently burning a hole in your head, one you can't go a single day without thinking about, then my advice is to freaking WRITE IT. At least that's the advice I would have given Past Me during those long, painful years of self-doubt and paralysis.
Hope my answer helped a little. Good luck in whatever path you choose.
Best,
Dan
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Shelby
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Daniel Price:
What is your writing process? Do you listen to music when you write? Do you need silence? Do you write out storylines and characters or do you go for it with just a few ideas and a general direction of where you want the story to go? Are you always thinking about the book even when not writing? Do you have a set amount of time you write everyday? Do you ever get writer's block and if yes how do you over come it?
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