10 Things I’ve Learned as a Writer #WriterWednesday #AmWriting #WritersLife
1.Everyone thinks that a writer isn’t busy. I don’t have enough fingers and toes to count the number of times I’ve been asked by friends and acquaintances how I manage not to get bored when my hubby is off working.
2. A lot of people don’t read. Seriously, they don’t read novels. I am flabbergasted and confused.
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Say it ain’t so!
3. Readers assume that the main character of each novel is you only more funny, mad, sad, [fill in the appropriate adjective here].
4. Self-publishing is not for the fainthearted. If the prejudice against indie writing doesn’t get you down, then the sheer amount of extra work an indie writer needs to do to get noticed will.
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5. Finishing the book is just the start. Now you need to market the book and find readers. And somehow manage not to become discouraged and want to jump off a bridge.
6. There comes a point in every book when you think: I can’t do this, I don’t know how to end this, where do I go from here? Keep. Writing. If that doesn’t work, alcohol can drown out that little voice in your head.
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7. Always carry a notebook with you. You won’t remember that awesome idea you had in the middle of the night, in the shower, while on the bus, etc. You might want to remember a pen or pencil as well.
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8. Bad reviews are like getting a negative job performance review that everyone just watched on YouTube. And then judges you based upon it.
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9. Grammar is harder than I remember from school. Or maybe it’s just me wanting to start sentences with conjunctions, use hyphens instead of commas, and write dialogues like people really talk. What’s an Oxford comma again?
10. It’s okay to say you’re a writer even if you aren’t on the bestseller list. Yeah right. Still working on this one.
What about you? What have you learned on your writing journey?
