What do you want to accomplish as a writer? What mark, if
any, do you want to leave on the publishing world? There are as many responses
to the questions as writers. It doesn’t matter if no one else is privy to your
reply. This question is just for you. For a lot of people, myself included, one
easy answer won’t suffice, and I can only speak for me.
I think it’s important for people to understand what
motivates them to do something. I constantly examine the ‘whys’ of my actions
but I rarely share them. I don’t have to. My reasons are specific to my own
path.
The first novel I wrote has never been published. No, it’s
not that bad. I wanted to prove to myself I could write a story and so I wrote
it just for me. But that experience led to questions, namely could I do it
again? So I wrote a second novel, just for me, which lead to another question -
is there a possibility I could get published?
I’ve passed the half-century mark and I know that writing
fame isn’t what I want. I had the good fortune to have a world famous author
move to my little hometown back in the early 1970s. The poor woman can’t make a
move without someone spotting her. I really don’t want to live like that.
“Journey” is an overused buzzword. So is “path.” I get tired
of hearing them - and using them. Ditto for “life experience.” The problem is I
can’t come up with anything better.
All that happened a lot of years ago and it’s been a fun
ride to get to today. But somewhere along the line I realized that whatever
mark I make on the publishing world (or not) isn’t anywhere near as important
as the mark I make on myself.
That’s the one that counts.
Rayne
www.twitter.com/rayneforrest
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