7th July 2016 | for Creatives | create for YOURSELF, writing, publishing, Chuck Wendig |
"The writer's goal should be to get published, but the writer's love should be of writing. Too many writers are in love with the idea of writing-to-be-published and too few are in love with the act of writing."
"I think books should be cheaper. I want books to be accessible. If books are precious (and as a result, expensive), then publishers win, readers lose, and by proxy, writers lose, too."
"Let the love of your work be your primary reward."
"The same thing that gets readers through reading your book should be the same thing that gets the author... through writing the damn thing. The reader must have sustained excitement. And so too must the writer."
"To really succeed at self-publishing it seems right now that your best bet is to paint with a shotgun; you're not served by posting one book and walking away but posting a book or project (or product, if you can stand that word) every couple of months."
"Write what you want to write. Write what you need to write. Write what engages you, what interests you, what gets your blood pumping and your jaw tight. Because what else are you going to do? Platy it safe? Write what everybody else is writing just because everybody else is writing it? What's the point? Why bring nothing new to the table? Why fail to bring yourself and your passions to the page?"
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