Impatience is a common attribute among writers.
Unfortunately impatience can lead writers to be very hard on themselves…and possibly even on others.
But celebrating the success you already have, including how much you enjoy what you do is a good way to make your writing career success multiply.
And that’s why I wrote this chapter from The Writer’s Workout. Hope you enjoy it!
Succeed Eventually (Chapter 149, page 153)
If you’re skilled, your wallet will be filled.
~ Yiddish Proverb
No matter how challenging it is to find your momentum as a professional writer, you will know when you have gotten the hang of working in this business.
No matter how many times you have to train yourself not to take either no or silent rejection personally…
No matter how many times you have to catch yourself from slipping into discouraged thinking because you feel like you get one publication forward and two rejections back…
No matter how difficult it is to finally figure out how the shifting playing field works…
No matter how many times an editor you like working with leaves her position just when the two of you have achieved a rapport…
No matter how many times you meet a deadline, get an article proudly in print, and then discover a typo that you are sure you did not include, in what you hoped would make a great addition to your portfolio…
None of your journey is going to be perfect or happen perfectly. And besides, none of us are perfect, either.
No matter what happens throughout the ups and down and the many years of a writing career, the day when you get to the point where you truly feel like a freelance professional is a great day and a big accomplishment.
When you get there, I hope you will take at least a day to celebrate all the hard work that got you where you are.
I hope you will pull out your portfolio, pour over your best work, forgive yourself for less than perfect attempts, and find concrete ways to pat yourself on the back. What- ever you have accomplished thus far, let it be enough.
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LOVE this.