Consistency, Patience, and The Grind

Consistency has been the most difficult thing for me right now. With writing, I still do not have the necessary structure or consistent writing process that would prove to anyone that I’m serious about becoming a professional author. There is something about trying to reach this goal that’s just about proving something to yourself, as well as proving something to others.

Patience is also another thing that is being learned. I would have liked some sort of immediate satisfaction after completely certain aspects of writing. For example, finishing a novel and presenting it to different agents, unless I’m really lucky or know someone, I can’t expect to immediately get an agent just because I have a finished work. Book sales aren’t immediate because no one knows who I am, so I have to really advertise and put myself out there so that people will hopefully give me a chance.

That grind and sticking with something like becoming a professional author is probably the most difficult thing to do. Facing that rejection and just coming back to the grind and having that faith that something good will happen is, right now, the toughest thing to do in reaching a high goal.