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I& #39;ve decided that there are two truly great stages of being a writer (with lots of less good/bad/odd ones in between and after) . . .
1. Before you start submitting your first book to agents, and there is just as much chance that the first agent you submit to will reply instantly with a hearty & #39;I LOVE THIS SEND THE FULL IMMEDIATELY& #39; as there is that you& #39;ll get absolutely nowhere
Here, there is the same amount of possibility that you& #39;ll get to be & #39;that& #39; writer who tells everyone & #39;I never expected it to all happen so fast& #39; as you do of being the writer who says & #39;After a year, I decided this wasn& #39;t going to be the book& #39;
2. When you have a publishing deal but your book isn& #39;t out yet and the only people who have read it are contracted in some way to love it (your agent/publisher/friends/family) here, you get the status of being an & #39;author& #39; without most of the stress of it
At this stage, there is as much possibility that you& #39;ll sell amazingly, get great reviews, and reach the top of the charts as there is that you& #39;ll totally flop, no one will buy your book, and the ones that do will leave you terrible reviews.
There are LOADS of stages of being a writer that you will go back and forth through and it& #39;s really hard to not want to just straight to the next one. I& #39;m trying to learn the enjoy the stage I& #39;m at.
Oh, and definitely the best stage of writing a book is when it is merely a perfect idea that hasn& #39;t yet touched the page. I love the stage.
