Posts Tagged ‘bad writer’
Does Rejection or Silence From Agents and Publishers Mean You’re a Bad Writer?
If there’s one thing that makes a person think they’re a bad writer and that their work is a flaming dumpster fire, it’s a constant stream of rejections or — even worse — plain silence. This video points out that the quality of your work is not the only thing that agents and publishers consider.…
Read MoreHow Sunk Cost Keeps You Reading (and Writing) Bad Books
It often doesn’t make a whole lot of sense to stop a job or task once you start. You can’t recover what you’ve invested, so you feel obligated to keep going to avoid taking a loss. People call this sunk cost. Unfortunately, it doesn’t just apply to work. It applies to your reading list, too.…
Read MoreAre You a Bad Writer? Here’s the Truth
In my usual browse of article headlines on Feedly this morning, I stumbled across this gem from Hannah Giorgis in The Atlantic. Giorgis declared that much of what’s on Netflix these days is mediocre. In her view, we’re allowing our boredom to get the best of us when it comes to selecting what we watch. Even a…
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