Are you willing to put up with shitty writing to hear a good idea?

>>9917158
>>9917158
My second mistake was underestimating how much work it takes to get people to drop their guard and accept an already established premise.

I'd always assumed people craved novelty when they read a book. But the truth is what they admire is the consistency. But people generally are too shallow to admit that. They want to imagine they have refined taste and are capable of nuance and subtlety.

So you kind have to trick them into buying it. 90% of your job is designing the wrapping paper around a story that has been told thousands of times before.

>>9917167
The third was not understanding that YOU are the primary sale. Its not your book, its you, your look, your style, your personality. You want to look like somebody other people admire and want to be like. You have to say the things they are too scared to say, its your eccentricities and your "stage persona" that they want, not you.

>>9917158
Writing is a great way to work through your insecurities. If you are good at writing, if you enjoy it and practice it often, you will want to show other people your work. That desire, to share your work with others, will take you out of your shell and force you to work with others, to accept new ideas and new challenges.