When you doubt yourself -- WRITE.
When writer's block sits on your face, and not in the fun way -- WRITE.
When you fail so hard it leaves a bruise -- WRITE.
When your cat has more Twitter followers than you -- WRITE.
When you're rejected... for the third time today, on your birthday -- WRITE.
When your Amazon sales rank falls to a number so large you have to sideways scroll to read it -- WRITE.
When you don't even have a freaking Amazon sales rank -- WRITE.
When your agent says, "Who are you, again?" when you call -- WRITE.
When a one-star review gets the name of your main character wrong -- WRITE.
When you hate your day job -- WRITE (and maybe name a horrible character after your office nemesis).
WRITE. WRITE. WRITE. Just write. It's the only thing you can actually DO, and it's the only cure for the shoulda, whoulda, shits.
It's hard. It's all so hard. (And not just because I write romance. *Rimshot* Heh heh... rim.) But you've got to go back to the fundamental truth: Nothing happens if you don't write. Rejections don't turn into contracts without work. Failures are temporary as long as you do more work. Self-doubt is drowned out by character voices having their own adventures, and their derring-do will rub off on you. Even The Dreaded Block can be cured by putting your metaphorical butt to that grindstone and just scribbling crap until the well of awesomeness flows again. It may even cure my penchant for terrible mixed metaphors... someday.
So what are you doing? Reading this garbage? Go write your own! Or write non-garbage, as is your wont.
My point is: WRITE!
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