RoseEmber1
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- Posted: Fri, 29 Jun 2007 18:36:25 +0000
These aren't ranked by importance. They're just ranked by what I thought up first. Rules 1 to 11 are mine (except for rule 4.5), but beyond that I can't take any further credit. I do agree with them however, and will accordingly defend them to the best of my ability.
1.) Force-writing is okay.
2.) Inspiration will not automatically make your story good, nor does every good story need to be inspired.
3.) Talent is not everything.
4.) There will always be a better writer than you.
4.5) There will always be a worse writer than you.
5.) No matter what you may believe, you are not better than the majority of published authors.
6.) The majority of published authors are better than you, at least at selling a product and most likely at writing. That's why they're published.
7.) Your manuscript will not be immediately accepted and published.
8.) It may take years to get your manuscript published, if at all.
9.) It doesn't matter if you're better than most people in your age group.
10.) If you work hard enough and have enough of a passion, the obstacles don't matter. You can do it. Have faith in yourself.
11.) Write anyway.
12.) Unless you make the time to write, you won't get anywhere.
13) Anything can be improved by revision.
14) Sometimes you'll want ego-boosts, and sometimes you'll want honest feedback. Know where to go for both, and don't ever confuse the two.
15) Money flows towards the writer. But not a lot of money.
16.) If you don't feel inspired when you start writing, you can get inspiration by writing. Being disciplined and writing 500 words each day will get you farther than only writing when feeling inspired and writing an average of 2000 a week.
17.) Not everything you write is going to be good, even with revising. Feel free to write badfic, just because. At least you're writing, and that's what matters.
If anyone has any other ideas for realistic writer rules, or wants to tell me how much I suck, post below.
1.) Force-writing is okay.
2.) Inspiration will not automatically make your story good, nor does every good story need to be inspired.
3.) Talent is not everything.
4.) There will always be a better writer than you.
4.5) There will always be a worse writer than you.
5.) No matter what you may believe, you are not better than the majority of published authors.
6.) The majority of published authors are better than you, at least at selling a product and most likely at writing. That's why they're published.
7.) Your manuscript will not be immediately accepted and published.
8.) It may take years to get your manuscript published, if at all.
9.) It doesn't matter if you're better than most people in your age group.
10.) If you work hard enough and have enough of a passion, the obstacles don't matter. You can do it. Have faith in yourself.
11.) Write anyway.
12.) Unless you make the time to write, you won't get anywhere.
13) Anything can be improved by revision.
14) Sometimes you'll want ego-boosts, and sometimes you'll want honest feedback. Know where to go for both, and don't ever confuse the two.
15) Money flows towards the writer. But not a lot of money.
16.) If you don't feel inspired when you start writing, you can get inspiration by writing. Being disciplined and writing 500 words each day will get you farther than only writing when feeling inspired and writing an average of 2000 a week.
17.) Not everything you write is going to be good, even with revising. Feel free to write badfic, just because. At least you're writing, and that's what matters.
If anyone has any other ideas for realistic writer rules, or wants to tell me how much I suck, post below.
