UnknownYetSavory t1_iykpkfl wrote on December 2, 2022 at 2:43 AM

You can't pursue greatness, it's just smoke that slips through your fingers. You have to pursue the very action itself, cross out the ends and chase after the means. Don't be a great author, write a story instead.

humvee911 t1_iykxoiy wrote on December 2, 2022 at 3:49 AM

In other words, enjoy the process, not the product

UnknownYetSavory t1_iykzo47 wrote on December 2, 2022 at 4:05 AM

Right. Anyone can want to be great author, but only a great author wants to write.

[deleted] OP t1_iyl301r wrote on December 2, 2022 at 4:35 AM

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UnknownYetSavory t1_iyl3cch wrote on December 2, 2022 at 4:38 AM

It's not about a better book, it's about a book, just the next book. Improve because you learned, do it because you want to. If you do that, you won't have to worry about the next goal, because there never was a goal, just a love of the process.

Downtownowlnyc t1_iyvcrw2 wrote on December 4, 2022 at 1:34 PM

People are motivated by different things. For every person who wants a reputation to be revered, there is another person’s’ hardest reality/worst ever.