Keeping Writing Regardless of Success or Failure
Writing success or failure; what do you do when you’ve failed or can’t replicate a previous success? Give up or keep writing. The answer is the same. What defines success or failure for you? Few authors achieve best-selling status or make a living just from their writing; many manage with a part time job to add to their income, but most authors will never be in a situation to give up their day job, and that’s fine if you’re not trying to be a full-time author. And why should you? If you’re a full-time author, you have to keep producing books whether you’re inspired or not. For me that pressure would be a problem. Someone who’s not aiming to be a career author isn’t necessarily any less serious about their writing than someone who is. But either way, you’ll have some benchmark you imagine for what you might call success…