You’re in the middle of the draft, and writing sucks. What now? Seriously this time!

Those damn gatekeepers aren’t recognizing our talent. They’re not reading the work! If they’d just look, they’d get it, and we’d all make bank! What the hell, gatekeepers? 

Am I right? 

lol No.

Let’s say I’m a publisher. I have two scripts. Romantasy. They’re both very steamy, they both have great world-building, and they’re both in need of a solid line-edit. The writing can be improved in more than a few places, but I like the story in both. Now let’s say you’re the author of one of them, and I get to the same spot you were given challenging notes on. I didn’t like the section. It didn’t work. But your direct competition had NO sections that didn’t work. 

In both novels, there’s room for improvement, but those are quality of life improvements. Both authors wrote a novel, but only one did their homework. They worked it until there were no meaningful notes left to get. 

And their novel will get published before yours. 

You’re in the middle of the draft, and writing sucks. What now? 

I lost some money in that hand. It was a MAJOR WIN for me. I read my rival’s story correctly, and I played the cards CORRECTLY. 

When someone criticizes you, that shows you they care enough to be honest. Arguing with them denies their accounting of you or of the situation. 

I’ve had kicks in the nards that hurt less than that. Thanks, Melvin. 

Today we need to talk about burnt bridges.