Feeling Insignificant? Read this....

[Paul Whybrow]

I came upon this quote in the excellent weekly newsletter from Writers Services:

'It does no harm to repeat as often as you can "Without me the literary industry would not exist: the publishers, the agents, the sub-agents, the sub-sub agents, the accountants, the libel lawyers, the departments of literature, the professors, the theses, the books of criticism, the reviewers, the book pages - all this vast and proliferating edifice is because of this small, patronised, put-down and underpaid person."'

Doris Lessing​

So, don't undervalue yourself. Doubt should not make an end of you. It's only proof that you want to write the best story possible.

Writers are often quiet and self-effacing people, but to succeed these days we have to sell ourselves. There's no escaping that. It takes effort and self-belief (and probably a website, a blog and social media 'friends' and followers). ​

At the core of it all is the writing. If you believe in that, then maybe people of influence will too, those who feed off your talent to keep publishing running.​

Rachel Carson put it well:

If you write what you yourself sincerely think and feel and are interested in, the chances are very high that you will interest other people as well.​

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[Eva Ulian]

Hard to believe this is so when the majority of writers sit, quiet and alone, doing their best in coming up with something that may contribute in making life better for some; whilst totally snubbed and ignored by the entire publishing world.

BTW it is a pretty well acknowledged fact by most people even from centuries that were; books change the world and he who coined the phrase "The pen is mightier than the sword," hit the nail on the head.

 

[Katie-Ellen]

I do not feel insignificant. I am a reader. Even if I didn't write, I would still be a reader. There is no publishing industry without readers, and no really good writers who are not also readers.

 

[RK Wallis]

It's a bit chicken or egg ... writer or reader? One thing is for sure, you can't have one without the other.