jazzforthecaptain:

To my writers – when you feel bad about your writing, when you feel like your work is dull or trite or you feel discouraged by going unnoticed, and that makes you put down your pen – remind yourself why you write. Tell yourself why you write even when you *don’t* feel discouraged. Tell yourself often: I love to write. I love telling my stories. I love these characters. Writing makes me happy.

So – hopefully – the next time you get discouraged, your brain will pick up that positive thought and tag it to the end of that negative one. So nobody reads your stories? You love to write. So your ship is tiny, or your favorite characters are unappreciated, or you’re telling a story about new characters of your own and it’s terrifying? You love to tell their stories. You feel like your work isn’t good enough? Writing makes you happy. Your voice is good and true because of that.

Keep it up. I’m right there with you, and we can do this. We love what we do.