Let’s Talk: Grit as a Writer
Commit and persevere. Great article by my amazing formatter and cover designer.
Grit. This word keeps popping up all around me lately. The idea has been around a looooong time, but for some reason grit has become the little bell dinging in my ear like a wake up alarm.
What is grit? Well, Merriam-Webster says:
: firmness of mind or spirit : unyielding courage in the face of hardship or danger
Or dictionary.com
firmnessofcharacter;indomitablespirit;pluck:
Here’s what Angela Lee Duckworth has to say about grit:
Have you ever bought a car and suddenly you see the same exact car everywhere? Well, grit is like that car. It piqued my interest one day, and now I keep hearing it and seeing it everywhere.
Grit, in my mind, is a component of perseverance, defined at dictionary.com:
steadypersistenceinacourseofaction,apurpose,astate,etc.,especiallyinspiteofdifficulties,obstacles,ordiscouragement.
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