By Carole Bellacera
Dear New Writer:
I know the depth of your
passion, that you want to publish a novel more than you want to keep breathing.
That it is everything to you. I understand that because I felt the same
desperation. I had stories inside me that were bursting to spring to life, and they did spring
to life. But it wasn’t enough.
A writer needs readers,
and just having written them without them being read meant, they were
unfinished. But what if I told you that you’re expending your energy in the
wrong direction? That being published isn’t what makes you a writer?
You are a writer the
minute you put pen to paper or type words on a blank computer screen. You are creating something
that didn’t exist before. Do you understand what a miracle that is? You are
giving birth to a creation. That is what makes you a writer.
So, my advice to you is
to write. And continue to write. Then write some more. It’s not all
about publication, and contracts, and sales numbers, and prizes and fame.
It’s about
writing—because you love it, because you have a passion for it, because you
cannot not write.
You are a writer.
Believe it, and believe in yourself. And if publication comes, don’t take
yourself too seriously. Success comes and success goes. In the end, it’s not
about being published; it’s about creating. You have given birth, so be proud
of your newborn.
You never know…that baby could end up in the
museum someday
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