slothwrter:

THINGS WRITERS NEED TO HEAR

• you are allowed to take a break. you don’t have to write if you don’t feel like it.
• everyone has their own pace. it doesn’t matter if you write one page or ten pages a day, you are still a writer.
• your first draft is going to suck. every first draft or every book has sucked. i’ll get better and better as you edit. that’s what editing is for, making your work actually good.
• experiment. try out new routines, new styles, new genres. it’ll never harm you. you’ll gain experience and become a better writer. you’ll understand what suits you and what doesn’t.
• you don’t need publishing to be a writer. publishing is just an option but if you don’t want to you can just keep your writing to yourself.
• if you write, then you’re a writer. no matter how much experience you have, what genre you write, if you are published or not. you are a writer.
• everyone is different. everyone has a different style so find your own and rock it. search for inspiration but ultimately focus on what allows you to express your ideas in the best way possible.
• you are doing great. no matter how productive you are, how much you’ve written, how fast you write. you are gonna achieve your goal and it’s gonna feel so good.