Comments on: Getting Published versus Staying Published http://storyfix.com/writing-workshops-and-why-you-need-them-part-1 Novel Writing, Screenwriting and Storytelling Tips & Fundamentals Tue, 07 Feb 2012 01:42:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Eden Tyler http://storyfix.com/writing-workshops-and-why-you-need-them-part-1/comment-page-1#comment-29423 Eden Tyler Thu, 07 Apr 2011 05:54:53 +0000 http://storyfix.com/?p=49#comment-29423 "...the way unpublished writers look at you, like you know something they don’t. Which is true – we know that at the end of the day the reward of it all is found in the process of writing stories, not selling them. In the very thing that got you hooked in the first place." Oh, how true this is. I've been telling people that being published is great, but the work that comes with it (the presence you need and to keep up that platform you worked so hard to build and and and...) is almost not worthwhile because I'm not able to work on the next book as much as I want (pretty much Never!). Don't get me wrong, I'd never take back accepting a contract offer and I certainly want more of my stuff out there (1 novella & another novel are coming out this year), but no one ever tells you that it's almost harder after you Are published than trying to become published. All I want to do is write. My characters are screaming at me to give their stories and voices a *voice* ... but I can't because I'm too busy doing other stuff to make sure the first book stays on the track it is. And if I can't write, then the aforementioned novella and novel ... they won't be coming out and then I'll have a Huge problem :P I truly am grateful, but there's always another side to the story ... and people just don't realize... “…the way unpublished writers look at you, like you know something they don’t. Which is true – we know that at the end of the day the reward of it all is found in the process of writing stories, not selling them. In the very thing that got you hooked in the first place.”

Oh, how true this is. I’ve been telling people that being published is great, but the work that comes with it (the presence you need and to keep up that platform you worked so hard to build and and and…) is almost not worthwhile because I’m not able to work on the next book as much as I want (pretty much Never!).

Don’t get me wrong, I’d never take back accepting a contract offer and I certainly want more of my stuff out there (1 novella & another novel are coming out this year), but no one ever tells you that it’s almost harder after you Are published than trying to become published.

All I want to do is write. My characters are screaming at me to give their stories and voices a *voice* … but I can’t because I’m too busy doing other stuff to make sure the first book stays on the track it is. And if I can’t write, then the aforementioned novella and novel … they won’t be coming out and then I’ll have a Huge problem :P

I truly am grateful, but there’s always another side to the story … and people just don’t realize…

]]> By: Larry http://storyfix.com/writing-workshops-and-why-you-need-them-part-1/comment-page-1#comment-958 Larry Sun, 15 Nov 2009 20:41:27 +0000 http://storyfix.com/?p=49#comment-958 You're welcome. You're doing everything right, because the level of your commitment and patience shines through in your comments. That's perhaps the #1 quality a writer needs to break through, so you're already well ahead of the crowd. Let me know how else I can help you, including anything specific you'd like me to address. I have no doubt you will reach your goal... perhaps even sooner than you dare dream. We need to get lucky in this business, and to a large extent we make our own luck as a product of how hard we work, and how smart we work. You're doing both. You’re welcome. You’re doing everything right, because the level of your commitment and patience shines through in your comments. That’s perhaps the #1 quality a writer needs to break through, so you’re already well ahead of the crowd.

Let me know how else I can help you, including anything specific you’d like me to address. I have no doubt you will reach your goal… perhaps even sooner than you dare dream. We need to get lucky in this business, and to a large extent we make our own luck as a product of how hard we work, and how smart we work. You’re doing both.

]]> By: J.Morgan http://storyfix.com/writing-workshops-and-why-you-need-them-part-1/comment-page-1#comment-957 J.Morgan Sun, 15 Nov 2009 20:30:09 +0000 http://storyfix.com/?p=49#comment-957 I love that joke.... I look at it like this. I'm getting my foot in the door now. I'm hoping that with all the attention my first manuscript is getting, that it'll get published. I know it's still a long shot, but if it does get published most of the thanks will be to you L.B. Well...anyway. My second story is going to have to be better than my first....then on and on. I don't ever want to just settle. As long as I never stop learning. As long as I master the structure..... then the rest is all subjective. Flexing to me and to the people who will read what I write. To the worlds I will create. As always great posts. I've been keeping up. Thank you for being in the right place at the right time Mr. Brooks. I love that joke….

I look at it like this. I’m getting my foot in the door now. I’m hoping that with all the attention my first manuscript is getting, that it’ll get published. I know it’s still a long shot, but if it does get published most of the thanks will be to you L.B. Well…anyway.

My second story is going to have to be better than my first….then on and on. I don’t ever want to just settle. As long as I never stop learning.

As long as I master the structure….. then the rest is all subjective. Flexing to me and to the people who will read what I write. To the worlds I will create.

As always great posts. I’ve been keeping up. Thank you for being in the right place at the right time Mr. Brooks.

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