I love this quote...
Pooh says, "I always get to where I am going by walking away from where I have been." Great thought Pooh! Thank you!
I have seen a lot of different versions of this same idea. The thought is simple. Always look forward and not behind you. Rafiki said this in Lion King and the owner of the USA Today said this in his book. It is the simple thought of forward movement.
In today's world, this thought could not be any more relevant, especially with the availability of reviews that anyone with internet access can post about your writing. Your book could be doing really well and then some "yahoo" gets online and tanks your book with terrible review. Add in the immediacy of social media and with one click, things start to fall apart.
I have talked to a lot of authors and when they open up their email to see a negative review or comment, or get an email from a disgruntled author, it completely ruins their day. All of their plans for writing have just gone out the window. Instead of thinking about their characters and that next great scene, all that is going through their heads is how their writing careers are destroyed.
First of all, remember that careers are not destroyed, unless you did indeed do something stupid such as plagiarism or an offensive comment or post. If that was not the case, this is just one person and one comment.
Move forward. Sure, go ahead and vent some! Draw a picture of what you think that person looks like (I recommend making the person really ugly) and then throw darts at the picture.
And then...
Go back to your writing. Move forward.
Things will get better.
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