Cintia asked Angela Ruth Strong:

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?

Angela Ruth Strong Don't think of it as competition. Everything worth doing is going to be hard. You have nothing to prove. Say you made it to JK Rowling level, you'd just get attacked harder by more people. Write out of love, not fear. Write because you have something to say. Write because it's how you hug a very scared and lonely world.

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