2nd July 2016 | for Creatives | creative fear, the successful artist, writing, KEEP CREATING, Anthony Trollope |
"I would have bet twenty to one against my own success, but by continuing I could lose only pen and paper; and if the one chance in twenty did turn up in my favor, then how much might I win!"
"I started writing, and I kept on writing. Although that may sound obvious, it's true. People are always telling me that they would like to become a writer, but they don't actually write anything. You have to write and continue to write."
"That critical fan base comes as you write more ebooks, continually learn and offer something new with each book. Deeper emotion, more twists, a new high concept or more raw gut appeal."
"People always look for excuses. .... When I got started in the book business, I received 900 rejection letters. So you don’t look at the end result—at the Richard Bransons and Maria Popovas—and say, 'Well they have that thing that I don't.' They got that thing by showing up. I am really focused on helping people understand that not showing up is a failure of will more than it is a failure of birth."
"The moment you think you're done, and the moment you think you've made it, you're finished. The best motivator is to remember what it's like to have nothing at all - to keep yourself hungry."
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