I read a quote last week, can’t remember now by whom the quote was, but I’d like to share it here. It went something in the line of ‘For every small business you see, someone took a huge risk.’ That quote can just as easily be applied to every book you see. For every book, someone took a risk, the risk of failure. Yet every one of those books is a success. The challenge I give you today, if you haven’t started on your book yet, is to face that risk, and challenge yourself to come out on top! Remember, there can be no success story without risk. Imagine if Susan Boyle had never taken the chance to partake in a talent show? What if Stephen King never wrote a story and submitted it, or even worse, if he got despondent about all the rejection slips hanging on that nail in his room that he wrote about in his memoirs? Remember, writing a book is only partly to please the audience, but it’s also about the fun and enjoyment of writing a book. Forget about fear of failure, and write because of your love of writing!
That quote can just as easily be applied to every book you see. For every book, someone took a risk, the risk of failure. Yet every one of those books is a success. The challenge I give you today, if you haven’t started on your book yet, is to face that risk, and challenge yourself to come out on top!
Remember, there can be no success story without risk. Imagine if Susan Boyle had never taken the chance to partake in a talent show? What if Stephen King never wrote a story and submitted it, or even worse, if he got despondent about all the rejection slips hanging on that nail in his room that he wrote about in his memoirs?
Remember, writing a book is only partly to please the audience, but it’s also about the fun and enjoyment of writing a book. Forget about fear of failure, and write because of your love of writing!