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comment by FirebrandRoaring
FirebrandRoaring  ·  2353 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Pubski: November 8, 2017

So, what are you suggesting?





kleinbl00  ·  2353 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Where do you find the stuff you read? What do you like about it?

Figure out how those outlets get their material. If it's magazines, they probably accept submissions. If it's novels, they probably have agents. If it's online fanfic, it's the crud that floated to the surface.

WRITE THAT.

Write to that length, write to satisfy that itch, and write as if you were trading vital only-get-it-once lifeforce for the act of writing it. Because you are.

If there is anything you would rather be doing than writing, do that instead. Because it's not an obligation that you cream through 50,000 pages a month once a year. It's that thing that you do better than anybody you know, and that gives you a feeling unlike any other.

FirebrandRoaring  ·  2352 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Thank you. I'll be giving this a thought in the next few days. Do you mind if I PM you in case I want to continue the conversation or ask any questions?

kleinbl00  ·  2352 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I'd be honored.