I saw on Facebook where one of my friends (and cousins) pasted a picture which said. . . .
She Believed
She Could,
So She Did
I guess you might say this is my motto in writing.
I believe I can do it. If I keep at it long enough, I will succeed.
We have to believe. If we do not believe in ourselves, who will?
We can't be a quitter. Quitters do not succeed.
Lately, I have been working hard on a few of my picture books. I am trying to take them from Okay to . . .
unique - different - and hey, that's pretty good.
Our manuscripts have to stand out and say, "Look at me!"
Sometimes writers get impatient and send out their work before it is ready. I know I have did it.
Before self publishing and before sending out to publishers we need to edit, edit and edit again. We need to get other writer's opinions and we need our manuscript to be as polished as it can be.
Believe in yourself and you will succeed.
What advice do you have? Do you believe in yourself? Let us help each other and we will succeed.
Posted by Janet F. Smart at Creative Writing in the Blackberry Patch