Yasmina Diallo
“Comparison is the thief of joy” is the quote authors should live by. People write different things for different reasons and with different goals in mind so unless you’re writing a memoir, try to always remember that what people have to say about your work is not what they have to say about you personally. Don’t overthink neither praise nor critic.
My other advice would be to write for yourself as much as you write for the world. I think that writing stories that you know you’ll never publish is a good way to honor your own private author world. Every author writes to be read, of course, but I think that we also write because we enjoy it a lot, don’t we? So write things that are just for you to read. Poems, funny stories, one-chapter books, anything that will help you remember that what you enjoy most about writing is precisely writing, even if no one reads you.
My other advice would be to write for yourself as much as you write for the world. I think that writing stories that you know you’ll never publish is a good way to honor your own private author world. Every author writes to be read, of course, but I think that we also write because we enjoy it a lot, don’t we? So write things that are just for you to read. Poems, funny stories, one-chapter books, anything that will help you remember that what you enjoy most about writing is precisely writing, even if no one reads you.
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