Today's poster quote spells out the advice pretty plainly. Whether you're a writer, an artist, a sculptor or a football player, you don't reach the top in a hurry. It takes patience and perseverance. A whole lot of both those traits.
When you first started writing, you had dreams of being a successful writer, one who earned money for the words you put together day after day. To attain those dreams, you need to begin by setting some goals. Then, you must work toward those goals a little at a time. You won't get there in leaps and bounds but by small steps.
Taking those many small steps fosters frustration at times. You climb a staircase one step at a time, and that's the same way you must climb in your writing journey. You can't skip learning about your craft. You can't overlook the advice received from friends or critique groups. You can't write a 500-page novel until you master the 2500 word short story. You won't be very successful if you don't keep up with the trends in the writing world.
You must also persevere with all those steps. Each step brings you a little closer to the top. The depth of your passion for writing is important to your ability to persevere when things aren't going as you'd hoped. Remember those old punching bags for kids made in the form of a clown or some other personality? You hit it, and it went down but popped right back up. No matter how many times, the clown went down, he came back. That's how you, the writer, must be.
The writers who give up are ones who don't have enough of the patience, perseverance, and passion in their tool kit. Do you have those traits as soon as you decide you'd like to be a writer? Of course not. You must develop them a little at a time just as you climb those steps to be a successful writer.
I write these words of encouragement as much for myself as for you. We're all in this writing game together. Every one of us needs 'patience, perseverance, and passion' as we move step by step on our writing journey.
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