I do think I was trying to entertain the reader more than I was trying to purge myself.
How some of the writers I come across get through their books without dying of boredom is beyond me.
It really matters to writers to find and treasure readers, all the more when they're on the other side of the world.
Every writer uses his own way to motivate oneself.
If you aren't having fun, if you aren't anxious to find out what happens next as you write, then not only will you run out of steam on the story, but you won't be able to entertain anyone else, either.
We all need to focus on our writing. Because the millions of readers out there don't care about your blog.
One thing that's always helped quell my writerly anxieties is seeking out interviews with writers I admire.
I never assign a product to a writer unless I know that he is personally interested in it. Every time I have written a bad campaign, it has been because the product did not interest me.
All writers want to know that someone is reading their work, taking them seriously. It provides a kind of moral support.
Writers who do great work must be coddled and encouraged.
If you're going to spend two or three years immersed in a subject, you better be deeply interested in it, or it won't be interesting to the reader.
Of all the ways of acquiring books, writing them oneself is regarded as the most praiseworthy method. Writers are really people who write books not because they are poor, but because they are dissatisfied with the books which they could buy but do not like.
Most writers who are beginners, if they are honest with themselves, will admit that they are praying for a readership as they begin to write. But it should be the quality of the craft, not the audience, that should be the greatest motivating factor.
