JUST GIVE UP, YOU CAN’T WRITE WELL ENOUGH TO GET PUBLISHED! Did that get your attention? It gets mine each time I face writer’s doubt when rejected either through email or get the SILENT treatment we all just love waiting for regarding my latest novel attempt. And to be honest, that give up feeling is strong and succeeds for a while…at first. It takes a few battles in the war before you realize that not every agent has the time to reply to the hundreds of people wanting to get their book signed.
But you get over it. You just have to learn to get over it quickly. What are some ways to do that?
Write Differently: I write novels so instead I write
Poetry
Haiku
Flash Fiction
Blog Articles
Rewrite Someone Else’s Stuff
(Take your favorite book or almost favorite
and do one of the following)
Change the setting and time of the book.
Turn it into a Super Hero comic.
Flip the leads.
Make the good guy a bad guy.
Turn the Horror story into a Romance.
Take a World Event and Change the Characters or Location
Change the Leaders into TV show or Cartoon characters and write how they might react in the same situation as the real leaders involved.
Make the World Event happen on an alien World or on a huge space station.
Make the Leaders have split personalities that fight themselves to control what happens.
After a few experiences you learn to immediately go to something to write after a rejection, doubt, or writer’s block. It just comes with the territory. But even then there will be times that it gets to you. Just remember the only way you don’t win is if you give up.
But while you doubt or get down about your project just keep writing something creative. The more you write the better you get. I know that’s old advice but it really is true. I use Flash Fiction a lot as my go to when I just can’t get going on a novel and it really trains me to be a better writer. I scale down a scene to the bare bones while still relaying it to the reader. That’s what you want to do in your regular writing anyway.
The above are just a few of my thoughts on how to overcome those moments, what are some of your ideas?
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Clever ideas and great tips 🙂 Definitely will have to remember these to help get me back into the writing flow.
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Thank you very much. I greatly appreciate that. Coming from someone with a site like yours that means a lot. Again thank you.
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Amazing tips Ron…thanks for writing this post 😀
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Thank you very much. Plus you never know when one of these crazy ideas turns into an actual project. 🙂 By they way, thank you for the follow and I am jealous of your site. (Hating on you right now. Which means jealous. Had to explain that because I’ve had people wonder what I meant.)
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Hahaha…come on…I think you need to go through your blog…you are just awesome and interesting to read…I should be jealous of you 🙂
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Thank you! I needed to read this. I’ve been experiencing a bad case of ‘writers doubt’ this past couple of weeks! There’s always a voice in my head telling me ‘I’m not good enough’ – it’s reassuring to know others have been in the same boat. As you say, the more you write, the better you become! 🙂 I’ll keep on writing through the mental blocks and negative thoughts.
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You’re welcome. We obviously all go through it. I mean why did some of the greats only write one novel? Makes you wonder. You of all people should never have doubt. Each time I see a post by you or a like by you it instantly brings a smile and happiness, because I know that someone very talented likes my work. I wish I had your personality so I could put some of it into my words.
Much Love and Respect AND Admiration
Ronovan
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Aw, this is so sweet of you to say, and so reassuring to hear. I think you’re doing a great job too. I love what you’re doing here, and find you a source for my own inspiration!
You make a valid point when you say, some of the greats only write one book. It really does go to show. I guess, it’s not about the quanity but the quality. I would be over the moon, If I managed just one book in my lifetime. I best get on with…haha!
Oh…I have added you on twitter. I hope you don’t mind! I joined a few days ago and still have no idea what it’s all about. Just shows what a cave woman I am!
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Wow, thank you. 🙂 I post my things to twitter and sometimes get a larger number of views from there than through the wordpress sources.
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This sounds great. It’s a useful tool for getting your work out there, to a wider audience. I was thinking of doing the same, but I don’t have many followers yet. I guess these things take time. I’m still amazed that people actually read my posts on WP!
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I just tweeted your Man Flu. 🙂 Just go to #amwriting in search or #writingtips or #writetip then favorite things or Retweet things. You’ll get followers through their. Plus check out the people you follow here. Follow them and they will likely follow you back.
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Thanks for the tips 🙂 and thank you for tweeting my man-flu post. I’ll take your advice on board and see where it gets me!
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I’m finding this helpful today 🙂
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