Have Faith In Your Craft Of Writing And Great Things Will Come!!!

[Barbara]

Hey everyone! I know you're thinking, I've heard this a thousand times, but I swear there is something to it! Everytime I gave up on anything possitive happening with my writing, nothing did! When I sent my first manuscript off I was so excited, I just knew before long I'd hold that book in my hands, and I did. Same thing happened with my second and my third. I know it sounds cheezy but the whole time I thought nothing but possitive thoughts on being published. Now I'm not saying all you have to do is sit around and think possitive and everything you wish for will come, but I am saying with negative thoughts come a negative outcome. Don't let a rejection from a publisher or agent cause you to lose faith in your work, try another. Believe in yourself and your writing and don't settle for anything less than what it's worth.

Example: I'd submitted a short story of mine to several different print magazines but I never truly believed I'd hear back, and I didn't. This was something I'd wanted desperately by the way. Fast forward to a couple of weeks ago... I sat down one night and read my story again and thought, 'This is pretty damn good.' That night when I went to bed I decided I wasn't going to stress myself out about it any longer, it was worth publishing and it was going to happen. I visualized holding the magazine in my hand and flipping to the page of my story. I'd let all my negative thinking go out the window, (so to speak) and for the next two weeks I walked around as excited as if I'd already received a possitive answer.

Fast forward to a few days ago. Checking my e-mails I came across the most beautiful site, a possitive response from Skyline Magazine informing me they would be publishing my short story, 'Deadly Addiction' in their Winter issue. I can't help but believe my possitive thinking along with my belief in my work made it happen... Not some voodoo or supernatural phenomenon but a possitive belief someone out there would take an interest in my work. I believed it... I seen it... And it happened!

So, start thinking possitive! Leave those negative feelings behind. After all what can it hurt!!!!!!!

[Amber Rigby Grosjean]

I've been positive about my writing ever since I began. Perhaps that was what kept me going through all the rejections. I began writing way new material and those were the ones that were accepted. My attitude and positive thinking continued although it wasn't as much as what yours was. I have learned not to get my hopes up. I just don't think negative about it. I know my work is good, I have faith in myself. This was what God chose me to do with my life, I really believe that. I never gave up and never will. Rejections do get me down a little but I push on. It is the only thing I can take because I know it was only one, the next one could be the one who says "Accepted!" Other rejections in life are hard to take but this kind is a part of writing and I have accepted that as a writer and an author.

I know where my strengths are and my weaknesses which I am working on improving every day. Its what helped me survive my childhood which I suffered depression and being teased a lot. I survived and will eventually write a book about it to help others in the same situation as I was. I've been homeless and a friend wants me to write a book about that to help those type of people. I have added it to the list of books I will be writing but there is so much research that needs to be done so it will take some time to write both books. Writing is the only thing that I feel passionate enough about that I can do it even if I suffered from depression again because I did for most of my life but I think I write better now with that being gone.

Amber

[Tory Lynn]

Thinking positive has been something I have always done. My writing is so important to me it seems like I'm doing an injustice if I don't think positive about it. I read so much and I know that I have just as much to give in the publishing world as any one else, I wouldn't be where I'm at if I didn't really believe this.

I believe things happen for a reason. People come and go into our lives for reasons that we will never know. It is what we do with the opportunities and the information that is given to us at any given time that matters. I also believe in visualization, I do this always... and I teach my daughter about visualizing better choices in her life before she has to make those choices. If you see good you're likely to make good, of course this does not always happen but it can't hurt.

Barbara, like you say it isn't voodoo, it is what it is, why be negative when there is a choice to be positive?

Vickie

[Dave Sheed]

Hi Barb , yes we have heard it before but its worth repeating.
In my case I find that the stronger my belief in what I have written, the stronger my faith in the positive outcome I am seeking. My first novel was about civilian life in England during the second world war , which is something I write about with a passion. I was born in England in 1939 , my life was saved twice by family members before I was age 6, so I feel an obligation to represent the wonderful people of that period. On my website I have written a synopsis as follows ;

The characters in this story are fiction , but the love , honor and courage depicted in the story are typical of the very real "ordinary men and women " of the second world war period in England . They endured hardship and deprivation and the death of family and friends with a grim determination that their beloved England should not, and would not fall.

With such a powerful force of unsung hero's to write about, how could I give up on them . Believe with a passion and you will promote with a passion Dave

[Padma Narayanswamy]

Hi Barbara,
Positive thinking create wonders. i have written a film script
in English many people are discouraging me but I know that my Film script
Finding my papa is a patriotic and wonderful script and it will have buyers

[Candy Adderley Dawe]

You know what? I absolutely agree with you here! 100 and 1% Ever since I started speaking positive things over my book, amazing things have been happening in pwoerful places...and when all is settled and the ink is dry, i will let everyone know as well, but for now, you are so right. We speak over our lives and the products of our hands what we expect and to happen and it will! The power of positive thinking as Vincent Norman Peele always said