Don't Publish!
The urge to publish the first thing they write robs authors of the chance to learn privately from their mistakes.
@LouMorgan my first attempt at a novel was a terrible Douglas Adams pastiche. Still have it in a box in my parents' loft somewhere.- @LouMorgan i had a look through some old fiction that i have on my laptop a few weeks ago. so bad. so very, very bad.
@Suw @loumorgan That's one reason I'm glad self-publishing wasn't so easy when I started out. I thought my stuff was so good. It wasn't.
@stevemosby @suw Exactly. And I think we need to look back on the cringe-worthy stuff & be able to understand why it didn't go anywhere.- @LouMorgan @stevemosby absolutely. the thing that strikes me when i look back on old work is how flat it is, how colourless.
- @Suw @loumorgan Exactly. I'm embarrassed to think I submitted it, then raged (quietly) at the rejection. So glad I got the chance to learn.
