5. You’re not just willing but passionate about learning and improving. You actively take an interest…

2. You procrastinated AGAIN come on you can do better than this!

2. “The more rejections I get, the less likely I am to succeed.” The opposite is…

The emotions behind these things are real, but the things themselves are not.

As an editor, I’ve worked with plenty of writers who very obviously don’t want to do…

4. Write what you know … until you get comfortable enough to start writing about what…

4. Stop checking your word/page count. Don’t worry about it. Just keep writing.

2. Setting writing goals that are too big/ambitious.

You’ve probably heard some variation of the idea that each of us has our own finite…

4. Don’t wait for feedback to pursue a story idea. Just start chasing it.