"When the pain of wanting something becomes greater than the pain of working to get it, then a person will make a change," my friend, Richard Simmons said one day.
Over the years, I have seen he is correct.
There is a lot of pain in trying to get published. Most people don't want to deal with the pain and agony. That is why they lock their writing away in a drawer. They don't want to deal with the pain of rejection. People become defensive when their work is criticized, even if the person doing the criticsm is only trying to help. They don't want to deal with the pain of having to dig deeper, learn new things, study harder, or read more.
I am judging a contest currently. Some of the pieces are excellent. They should and will be published if the writers are brave enough to send them out. Other pieces are almost there, not quite, but almost. If the writers will take suggestions, go rework their pieces, they too will be published soon. Yet others need a lot of work, but if the writers really want to get their work published and if they work hard, they will get published.
A young writer I'm tutoring has improved immeasureably over the years. When I first started working with her, she needed a lot of improvement. Now, when she turns in her work, it is far superior to many of my adult clients that I only need to make one or two suggestions and she's all over her manuscript again.
She wants to be a writer and get published. With her enthusiasm and her willingness to work at improvement, she will.
So what about you? I'm committed. Are you?
Til Next Time~