Post by account_disabled on Nov 29, 2023 4:25:26 GMT
Almost makes you think that it is a common evil. Common pain is not half joy We all go through it. Some will never overcome this impasse. Should I feel better about it? Don't you feel at ease with your conscience if you look around and see many like you? I do not. It just hurts more. Above all, it makes me wonder: why? I asked around. I involved other aspiring writers. Even someone who actually wrote one or two books. The answers, however, did not arrive. Someone, the more technical ones or those obsessed with discipline, suggested that I change my technique. To make a ladder. To prepare everything beforehand so that when you start writing you only have to do that. Results? Always the same. Someone else said that the idea behind it is not good.
Or that I'm not ready to write a book. Or, again, that inspiration should not be sought; if it takes you ten years to write a book there is nothing wrong. In fact, it's even better. Do you know what I think of all this talk? Yes, you know, but I'll say it anyway: all bullshit! It's not the method that makes a book Do you perhaps know any famous writers who use the exact same technique as Phone Number Data someone else? I do not. Forget what they write in their manuals. They only serve to sell books and inflate myths. The method doesn't matter. Nobody uses the same one. Do you prefer to write at night and sleep during the day? Do you drink milk before starting? Do you do twenty push-ups on each paragraph? Why should these things affect being able to finish a project? Maybe there is a method that can show you how to write a killer incipit. Perhaps.
However, I don't think there is any technique that can help you keep the embers burning. I'll tell you a secret: embers burn if you want them to. Are you really believing in that damn manuscript? Why did you start writing it? To make you say well done? Even so, it's a great motivation, but you have to believe it. So stop listening to all those who tell you (or write) that publishing sucks, or that Italians don't read, or that talent in Italy is not rewarded. These are not your problems. Not now, at least. Instead, start listening to those who tell you: write well, you should continue.
Or that I'm not ready to write a book. Or, again, that inspiration should not be sought; if it takes you ten years to write a book there is nothing wrong. In fact, it's even better. Do you know what I think of all this talk? Yes, you know, but I'll say it anyway: all bullshit! It's not the method that makes a book Do you perhaps know any famous writers who use the exact same technique as Phone Number Data someone else? I do not. Forget what they write in their manuals. They only serve to sell books and inflate myths. The method doesn't matter. Nobody uses the same one. Do you prefer to write at night and sleep during the day? Do you drink milk before starting? Do you do twenty push-ups on each paragraph? Why should these things affect being able to finish a project? Maybe there is a method that can show you how to write a killer incipit. Perhaps.
However, I don't think there is any technique that can help you keep the embers burning. I'll tell you a secret: embers burn if you want them to. Are you really believing in that damn manuscript? Why did you start writing it? To make you say well done? Even so, it's a great motivation, but you have to believe it. So stop listening to all those who tell you (or write) that publishing sucks, or that Italians don't read, or that talent in Italy is not rewarded. These are not your problems. Not now, at least. Instead, start listening to those who tell you: write well, you should continue.