How Writers Measure Success — 15 Authors Share Their Thoughts

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Writers have so many ways we measure success. When we are first starting out, we might measure it by words written or projects completed.

Then we graduate to the number of acceptances, the amount of money earned or awards we’ve received.

Each time we leap over a bar, we raise it even higher. Our eyes are always on the future—except for those sidelong glances at what other writers are doing and how we compare to them!

This is good because, without goals, we face the chance of...