Sometimes it just seems like it’ll never happen. The black marks on the page are going to beat you again, and this work will never be publishable. Or even readable. Or you’ve queried and rewritten and queried and rewritten until you don’t even recognize your story anymore, and still no bites. Or you’ve snagged a killer agent and whipped that MS into shape, but no news really isn’t good news.
We all get discouraged sometimes. I was feeling discouraged a few weeks ago, right before I attended a writing conference last month. It was so good to be reminded that perseverance pays off in publishing, as in just about everything else. And here’s the visual reminder they shared at the conference:
Remember: don’t give up! Surrendering to discouragement is the surest way to fail.
What do you think? How do you recharge when you feel discouraged?
I come here 🙂
Didn’t you win that conference? What’s next? Any updates?
Glad to hear it! 😀 Hope your revisions are going well!
I did win a first chapter contest at that conference, and I’m up to my neck in a major rehaul of the manuscript that won before I submit it to publishers, trying to forefront the suspense plot. Fingers crossed (and thanks for asking)!
I loved that video–so cool! I think as writers we must like pain or something. I also think that if you want to succeed as a writer you have to harness that inner drive so you will NEVER give up and make sure that you’re writing (or doing whatever it is you’re doing) because you LOVE it. That’s what keeps me going. 🙂
That was great! I should be watching that everyday! Thanks so much for posting this.