Cintia asked Rachael Miles:

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?

Rachael Miles Cintia, I've been writing for a deadline, and I haven't been on Goodreads, so let me start by apologizing for not seeing your note before now.

Here's my advice: write a little each day. Just 15 minutes every day. Call it priming the pump or pre-drafting or whatever works for you as a metaphor. You can't have an idea if you aren't writing. But if you are writing, you'll be surprised what happens--because you are giving your brain permission to have ideas and a place to be actively creative. It might not happen overnight; you might have to write a little every day for a month, but eventually you will have ideas and ideas that you like. As for reading about the industry, stop reading about it. Write every day for a year. Discover something in your writing that you love, then when you have a grasp of what that is, you can look around at the industry again.

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