There are lots of sick folks out there who love to throw a wet blanket on writers and creative people of all kinds. Generally, theyre what Julia Cameron and Mark Bryon, in their book, The Artists Way, call blocked creatives. They would love to be doing what were doing, making new things out of nothing, but they cant, or wont, or just dont. So, they get some satisfaction from keeping you from doing what they cant do; they hold you back. Let me give you an example. About seven or eight years ago, I was enjoying a very prolific time in my life, as a writer. Crafting chapter after chapter, and book after book, I was generating more output than my agent thought she could handle. Her idea was to slow me down by saying: You shouldnt finish writing a book until Ive sold it! So, I made the major mistake of slowing down to adjust to her snails pace, and it ended up being a lose-lose proposition. She wasnt able to place my books with any better efficiency when I was writing less. All she accomplished was to douse my incredible enthusiasm with her own insecurities. Anyway, I still published four books in that time, some articles, and an audio program, placing all of them, really, by myself. The key to success as a writer, and as most anything else is output; what I call The Law of Large Numbers. Dont let anybody keep you from writing or creating! |
