Expect criticism. If you’re doing something worth doing, know that an effort that matters will draw detractors. Don’t reverse-engineer this principle, though: no matter how tempting it might be to shrug “Must be doing something right!”, criticism isn’t validation all by itself. You’ll need to actually assess your work to prove it worthy. But if […]
“You write in o…
“You write in order to change the world, knowing perfectly well that you probably can’t, but also knowing that [writing] is indispensable to the world. The world changes according to the way people see it, and if you alter, even by a millimeter, the way people look at reality, then you can change it.” ―James […]