"Remember: this is what makes you a writer. Yes, this. The sick feeling in your stomach, the..."

“Remember: this is what makes you a writer. Yes, this. The sick feeling in your stomach, the weariness you feel, the utter conviction that you are the Worst and your novel is the Worst and everything is awful. This is how writers feel sometimes. (This is how everyone feels sometimes.)

 

But writers do not let this feeling overwhelm them.”

- N. K. Jemisin, on the inner strength of writers.