My series of blog posts in which industry professionals (editors, agents, publicists, authors, etc.) share their responses to this question:"If you could say one thing to aspiring novelists, what would you say?"
...continues today with Don Pape's advice:
Write for the pure passion and joy of it. Don't write so to give us the "next Left Behind" or to be another Beverly Lewis. Be original and creative - as the Creator is! Be disciplined. Too many writers want to kick out the next bestseller in a weekend. Get up each morning and spend an hour honing your craft. Find other writers that can be mentors and provide the "iron sharpening iron" in your life. Don't write to get published. A contract is the gravy. Write for the delight of putting to paper words.
--Don Pape, Publisher - Trade Books, David C. Cook
--Don Pape, Publisher - Trade Books, David C. Cook
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"Be original and creative - as the Creator is!"
"Be disciplined."
"Don't write to get published. A contract is the gravy. Write for the delight of putting to paper words."
World's Shortest Book on Writing...by Don Pape
That's good stuff.
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