Teresa Edgerton
Perseverance is the most importance thing. Of course the more you write the more you learn and improve. But in submitting their work for publication too many writers give up too easily. Talent means nothing if you don't have the drive to keep on in the face of rejection. A smaller talent may eventually succeed by sheer persistence.
But if you don't truly love it, if you want to be a writer more than you want to write, then perhaps you should stop and find something else that you do love, and do that. If you can't give writing your whole heart, then maybe it's not for you.
Some people, whether they are ever published or not, just have to write. They can't give it up. They can't bear to be anything else but a writer. (Though they may have other jobs that put food on the table.) They don't need my encouragement, or anyone else's encouragement, to keep writing—though they may need encouragement about submitting their work.
But if you don't truly love it, if you want to be a writer more than you want to write, then perhaps you should stop and find something else that you do love, and do that. If you can't give writing your whole heart, then maybe it's not for you.
Some people, whether they are ever published or not, just have to write. They can't give it up. They can't bear to be anything else but a writer. (Though they may have other jobs that put food on the table.) They don't need my encouragement, or anyone else's encouragement, to keep writing—though they may need encouragement about submitting their work.
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