If you adhere to every voice offering suggestions, pandering to one and then the other, you may find yourself so far off course that you’re out at sea. Especially beware of a hidden promise of fame or success (“If you change this so it’s more like the best seller so-and-so”). You may realize one day that you are no longer writing the book that you yourself wanted to write. You may no longer even be enjoying the process of writing. So be careful. You have to listen to the third parties. You also must listen, most closely, to yourself.
