11th July 2016 | for Creatives | creating isn't easy, novel writing, the successful artist, writing, KEEP CREATING, John Sandford |
"I thought that I would get to be a bestseller. ... The thing is that it took awhile. It takes awhile to become established, and so you can't be discouraged if just one or two books don't sell."
"What I try to emphasize to beginning writers is what Jim [James] Rollins said to me once: 'It takes time.' And what I've come to realize is, he didn't mean time chronologically. He meant it takes time to build up your portfolio of books and then for one of those books to hit."
"Writers must produce. And produce. And produce. ABW: 'Always Be Writing.' ... One book a year? Psssh. No. Focus only on novels? Not likely. Writers are no longer as free to work in a single sphere of writerly existence. Get used to writing short, long, script, game, non-fiction, etc."
"It is such a hard thing to write a book. It is incredibly hard. And it's a solitary, isolated thing to do. And writers need every ounce of support they can get."
"Newsflash: nobody has the time to write a novel except established novelists. And even then you'd be surprised how easily life intrudes."
"I think a lot of new writers stop with the joy part. They've written this, and it was so exciting, and it's so messy and flawed and glorious, and that's one-tenth of what you have to do."
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