Thank you for your honesty. I've learned a lot from you and other writers over the last year, and my understanding of what is realistic is so much better. Despite all this, after years of focus on non-fiction, I've started to write a novel in the last few months, and the funny thing is that it's the best thing I've done for years. Not ne…
Thank you for your honesty. I've learned a lot from you and other writers over the last year, and my understanding of what is realistic is so much better. Despite all this, after years of focus on non-fiction, I've started to write a novel in the last few months, and the funny thing is that it's the best thing I've done for years. Not necessarily the best thing I've done in terms of quality - I'd like to hope that my Substack non-fiction gets that prize - but it's the best thing I've done for myself. For about an hour every morning, and at occasional other times, I enter a world that brings me joy.
Whether anyone else gets to read it is another matter.
I think you are wise to consider whether you want to write something that may never get read, or at least, never get read by many people. But you may still be like me and decide to write anyway.
Thank you for your honesty. I've learned a lot from you and other writers over the last year, and my understanding of what is realistic is so much better. Despite all this, after years of focus on non-fiction, I've started to write a novel in the last few months, and the funny thing is that it's the best thing I've done for years. Not necessarily the best thing I've done in terms of quality - I'd like to hope that my Substack non-fiction gets that prize - but it's the best thing I've done for myself. For about an hour every morning, and at occasional other times, I enter a world that brings me joy.
Whether anyone else gets to read it is another matter.
I think you are wise to consider whether you want to write something that may never get read, or at least, never get read by many people. But you may still be like me and decide to write anyway.
That's wonderful! Good for you!