Jun 29 2009
Write Without Hoping - JK Rowling’s Secret
Do you start writing with a hope? Most of the time we hope to finish what we start writing. If you’re new to writing, this is important - finishing what you start writing.
Anyway, after you’re used to finishing what you start writing, you begin entertaining a new kind of hope - hoping what you write will turn out to be a masterpiece.
This is a dangerous kind of hope. It can adversely affect your writing.
If what you write doesn’t turn out to be a masterpiece, you may end up with a deep wound which may not have healed the next time you pick up your pen to write.
The wound may be inflicted on you in the form of criticism from someone’s opinion you respect or rejection from a publisher you submit your work to.
The next time you feel like writing, you would be thinking of avoiding another wound, especialy if you’re not strong enough as a writer.
JK Rowling, before beginning her fisrt novel asked herself what was the worst that could happen if she started writing the novel.
The answer she got was it would be rejected by all the publishers in Britain. When she was prepared for the worst, she could write her novel without any doubt or fear.
The secret is not to entertain any hope and prepare for the worst when you write. A new kind of writing energy flows into you when you don’t expect or fear.
