Happy Writemas!
It is another day, and I am still here writing. I must tell you that when I started this, I figured I would be doing like I do with Nanowritmo. That is...saying I would do it and not following through. I am so glad, because I quite enjoy this.
Question #2:
What does literary success look like to you?
Oh boy! I had to choose a complicated one. I know I am going to receive flack for this, but I believe completing a piece of writing is a success on it's own. So much of ourselves are forged into what we write that sometimes we lose focus on appreciating accomplishing that goal. Once a piece of work is completed, there is this long, complicated process to get that work seen or published. Sometimes that process takes months or years if publishing the traditional route. Most readers may not understand the lengths authors go to (even more for Indie authors) for their work to end up in their hands.
From an author standpoint, I (personally) want to celebrate the completion of every work as a success. I spend time looking at covers and smiling. I get excited when waiting on a proof. I even go as far as staring at the finished product multiple times that first week. To me, that is success.
Now, what author wouldn't want to be at the successful level as Diana Gabaldon or Nora Roberts? That's financial stability and readership. And two entirely different subjects. What I would like every author to see is the success in completing a piece of work. That is what I think literary success looks like.
It is another day, and I am still here writing. I must tell you that when I started this, I figured I would be doing like I do with Nanowritmo. That is...saying I would do it and not following through. I am so glad, because I quite enjoy this.
Question #2:
What does literary success look like to you?
Oh boy! I had to choose a complicated one. I know I am going to receive flack for this, but I believe completing a piece of writing is a success on it's own. So much of ourselves are forged into what we write that sometimes we lose focus on appreciating accomplishing that goal. Once a piece of work is completed, there is this long, complicated process to get that work seen or published. Sometimes that process takes months or years if publishing the traditional route. Most readers may not understand the lengths authors go to (even more for Indie authors) for their work to end up in their hands.
From an author standpoint, I (personally) want to celebrate the completion of every work as a success. I spend time looking at covers and smiling. I get excited when waiting on a proof. I even go as far as staring at the finished product multiple times that first week. To me, that is success.
Now, what author wouldn't want to be at the successful level as Diana Gabaldon or Nora Roberts? That's financial stability and readership. And two entirely different subjects. What I would like every author to see is the success in completing a piece of work. That is what I think literary success looks like.
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