“Notes of encouragement to new writers” is the theme this month at Smack Dab in the Middle, a blog by/for/about writing for middle grade students that — surprise! — has lots of great advice for writers everywhere. Sunday’s post by Chris Tebbetts makes some wonderful observations about showing up: for the work, for the community, and for ourselves.
Here are some of my favorite bits:
“In my experience, the people who make it in publishing are the ones who manage to give sufficient energy to both halves of that dichotomy [the art and the business of writing].”
“I was showing up, and showing up, and showing up, not so I could score a distinct win every time, but so that I could eventually find myself in the right place at the right time.”
“. . . persistence is everything in publishing. It’s also the one thing you can control.. . .”
Give it a read and take away whatever encourages you.
http://smack-dab-in-the-middle.blogspot.com/2019/04/showing-upand-upand-up.html
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