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The feeling of starting a brand new project and the feeling of completing a project you've been working on for a while. There is nothing quite like those highs.
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Sit down and write. Force yourself to write. Don't worry about how good or bad it is. Don't worry about whether it follows the plot you've written already and so on. Just write.
The words may be terrible initially, but a rhythm will develop at some point, and the words will then begin to flow. And your writer's block will have been broken through.
The words may be terrible initially, but a rhythm will develop at some point, and the words will then begin to flow. And your writer's block will have been broken through.
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At this point, the only advice we have to offer is for aspiring writers to just write for themselves. Success or failure should be an afterthought. Write if it makes you feel like you are doing something fun. Write if it makes you feel like you are using the time you have on this planet well. Do not write for fame. Do not write to get riches. Lastly, write honestly. Don't pander. This is for all the humans out there who are itching to tell a story.
For those looking to write for the sole purpose of making extra money on the side, there are enough articles out there that talk about how to tailor your writing to a specific audience and write formulaic books whose sole concern is to sell as many copies as possible. There is no advice we can offer in this area that is better than what others have said in much more detail already.
For those looking to write for the sole purpose of making extra money on the side, there are enough articles out there that talk about how to tailor your writing to a specific audience and write formulaic books whose sole concern is to sell as many copies as possible. There is no advice we can offer in this area that is better than what others have said in much more detail already.
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A book was written, after countless hours of effort, after a number of sleepless nights, a true labor of love, one that often broke its creator. But when it was published, not a single soul bothered giving it an hour of their time, thereby driving the book's creator to become a demon of hate, one that haunted the world forever thereafter.
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