On Writing: Lumps
6April 13, 2015 by Laird
Writing is a form of masochism. Students complain of tough instructors. New authors complain of tough editors. Established authors complain about bad reviews.
It doesn’t get easier with publication or paychecks or awards. Good editors continue to bust your chops. As far as reviews go, novelist Joe Abercrombie sums it up nicely: “If everyone loves your stuff, it’s not being read widely enough.”
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i look forward to the day where editors far and wide hate my writing.
(seriously, how else would i improve?)
From there it’s a short step to readers hurling your book across the room.
Hey, find what you love, and let it kill you, and so on, and so forth.
Exactly.
I love your comment on “Lumps.” I especially liked the Abercrombie quote. I used to teach a group on living well. One of my favorite sayings was that if no one was pissed off at you, you weren’t doing your job well enough. Good stuff, Laird.
Thanks, Paige. That’s good advice.