Tuesday Motivation

I just saw this pop up on Twitter and I totally loved it.

Hard work: Easy work: ————— —————– create criticize inspire complain educate imitate empower control develop blame finish give up collaborate ignore trust exaggerate

There is a lot to be said about these ideas when it comes to the publishing world. I think that too often, we spend time looking at the right column and not the left column. And then we wonder why our books and stories are not getting published, or we are not seeing the success we wanted or expected.

If we spend time CREATING great stories, instead of just CRITICIZING the industry, editors, agents or readers, we might find more success.

Maybe published authors should consider INSPIRING those new authors and not COMPLAINING about how unskilled they are would get us some better writers. Remember, we were all new once before.

Just IMITATING what is out there will bit yield success. We need to be EDUCATED in knowing how to truly write well.

Those people sitting on boards of those writing organizations might see stronger participation if they EMPOWER their members and not just CONTROL.

DEVELOP new ways of succeeding don't just BLAME others when things don't go as planned

FINISH that dang story. GIVING UP is a quitter approach.

COLLABORATE with your fellow writers. IGNORING them is not going to get you anywhere. You can help each other win.

TRUST that your critique partners will tell you the truth. And critique partners, don't EXAGGERATE small things in your fellow writer's story just because you don't want to tell them the truth that maybe the story is not that good.