"Devotion" is a great word. It implies discipline with passion. I like that. Regarding "discouragement" - well, the fact that a good manuscript might never get to the publisher unless your IG followers reach 100K is a sad state of affairs, if you ask me. But, again, as you implied here, it is what it is. (Tired phrase, I know, but it fits here.) When I had an agent, she told me once that "I was getting the best rejection letters she'd ever seen." Yikes. I wasn't sure how to take that. She's not my agent anymore, but that's another story. I have found the small or medium sized publishers tend to be a lot more about the writing than about the marketing or the "buzz" around an author. So, there's that. Thanks for the post.
Be what and who you already are. Yes. Taking away the compulsion for striving adds back what was always there: Beautiful you, freely and genuinely contributing to society with fully integrated works of art.
What U said.
"Devotion" is a great word. It implies discipline with passion. I like that. Regarding "discouragement" - well, the fact that a good manuscript might never get to the publisher unless your IG followers reach 100K is a sad state of affairs, if you ask me. But, again, as you implied here, it is what it is. (Tired phrase, I know, but it fits here.) When I had an agent, she told me once that "I was getting the best rejection letters she'd ever seen." Yikes. I wasn't sure how to take that. She's not my agent anymore, but that's another story. I have found the small or medium sized publishers tend to be a lot more about the writing than about the marketing or the "buzz" around an author. So, there's that. Thanks for the post.
I love this, Jen!
Jen, Thank you thank you thank you for sharing this.
Be what and who you already are. Yes. Taking away the compulsion for striving adds back what was always there: Beautiful you, freely and genuinely contributing to society with fully integrated works of art.