Aften Brook Szymanski
Give yourself, and your characters, permission to fail.
Then--fix it. Seek readers outside your immediate family and friends--people who aren't afraid to be honest with you about the flaws in the writing.
Then, let yourself feel whatever it is you feel when you get feedback--that soul crushing reality of realizing how much work still lies ahead--and start fixing it using your preferred method of organizing your fixes.
And my personal motto:
Embrace your Quirks
Pursue your Talents
Define your Potential
Then--fix it. Seek readers outside your immediate family and friends--people who aren't afraid to be honest with you about the flaws in the writing.
Then, let yourself feel whatever it is you feel when you get feedback--that soul crushing reality of realizing how much work still lies ahead--and start fixing it using your preferred method of organizing your fixes.
And my personal motto:
Embrace your Quirks
Pursue your Talents
Define your Potential
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