"Everyone told me I had to think positive when I was writing my first book. If I believed I could do..."

“Everyone told me I had to think positive when I was writing my first book. If I believed I could do it, then I could! If I pictured myself published, then it was going to happen! Which sounded great, except… what if I was almost totally sure I would fail?


I am here to tell you—what matters is sticking with it. Even if you don’t know if you can make it through to the end of your novel, just get through today. Then get through tomorrow. Don’t worry about the day after that, until it’s today. Then you know what to do.”

- Holly Black, on taking your story one day at a time.