Motivation

Motivation is something many people lack. Writers are no different.

We all get that self doubt that demotivates us. We ask ourselves: What if no one likes it? What if I have no readers? What if it never gets published? What if... What if... What if...

But... What if someone loves it? What if you have one reader? What if you publish it?

Are you going to give up on writing just because someone has two readers and you only have one? No! You're excited about that one measley reader! And that one reader makes all the difference. That one reader can share your work with their friend who ends up liking it. And then they share your work and boom! You have 3! And those 3 share your writing. And soon you have 6. Those 6 share your writing and now you have 12. Then 24. The 48. Then whatever 48*2 is.

That's how every author starts out.

You'll get bad reviews too... That's okay.

Did you know Charles Dickens cried face down in the dirt after a bad review. He was an author. He has several books that are classics. So go cry over the bad review and then rise, standing taller than ever before.

Your pen is your weapon and you are to wield it. And when someone says you shouldn't, put them in your book and kill them off however you see fit.

You are your own worst critique.

If that doesn't motivate you, look at Stephanie Meyer. She published Twilight so confidently and even said "The God of writing has sent me to show people how to write." Twilight exploded! So many people flocked to it and it was huge! And yet, so many people hated it too. Even I, hated it. I still do but I respect Stephanie Meyer for her confidence in it and for her success. She still writes after that. For example, she has a book called The Host. I began reading it but I never finished it.

If she can write a whole series so confidently and get so much love and hate for it, you can write period.

You got this. You got this. You got this. You got this.