Resilience
You need resilience to be a writer but before you get to that point you need a few other things.
Firstly, you need to have a story to tell. If you don't, whether it's fact or fiction, you might as well not start your book.
Secondly, you need to be able to write well. If your writing style hasn't progressed beyond Yr7 English, 'What I did in the summer holidays', then you are unlikely to write a good book.
Thirdly, you need the discipline to write the book. If you write five hundred words a day, you'll have your book completed in less than six months. If you write less than that and only occasionally add to your story it might never get finished and you will probably lose the thread of the story.
If you can manage all that, then you need resilience because your new pride and joy will be one of tens of thousands looking for a publisher. It's not easy.
Firstly, you need to have a story to tell. If you don't, whether it's fact or fiction, you might as well not start your book.
Secondly, you need to be able to write well. If your writing style hasn't progressed beyond Yr7 English, 'What I did in the summer holidays', then you are unlikely to write a good book.
Thirdly, you need the discipline to write the book. If you write five hundred words a day, you'll have your book completed in less than six months. If you write less than that and only occasionally add to your story it might never get finished and you will probably lose the thread of the story.
If you can manage all that, then you need resilience because your new pride and joy will be one of tens of thousands looking for a publisher. It's not easy.
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