Cintia asked Toni Anderson:

I'm an aspiring writer, but I'm dealing with two things: I get discouraged every single day because 96% of manuscripts are rejected, and I haven't had an idea for years, literally. There's too many people wanting to be writers, and knowing there's so much competition just kills me a little every day. When I get motivated, immediatly something appears about the industry that kills it. Any tips on how to deal with this?

Toni Anderson Just saw this. Sorry. I think the worst thing you can do is think about the state of the market and how hard it is to become a successful author. Truth is, it took me fifteen years of CONSTANT work. As in sitting down and writing every day for fifteen years without any real financial success or any promise of it. I think the one thing you can control is the story you tell. Make it as good as you can make it and then look at all the different ways of getting it out to readers. Write for the joy of writing and then worry about selling it. Not the other way around.

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