Megan Chance
If I waiting for inspiration, I would never get anything done. Some days I'm inspired, and other days I'm not, and I promise you that no one can tell the difference in the writing. You make your own inspiration by sitting down and doing it. It's this simple: I write at least 6 days a week. I don't stop until I have five pages. Some days, that's all I get. But I learned a long time ago that I never hit "flow" or "inspiration" until I hit page five. If I can get five pages, I can get ten. But I'll never hit that flow until I get through the hell of those five--and there are days when it feels like that is impossible. That's how I get inspired to write. I write.
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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?
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