How to Keep Writing When You’re Convinced Your Book Is a Disaster

When feeling beaten by your manuscript, come back to the page with humility and curiosity, and remember the ways that this work feeds you.
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When feeling beaten by your manuscript, come back to the page with humility and curiosity, and remember the ways that this work feeds you.
“This isn’t writer-stuff, it’s life-stuff that bears on the poems.” —Lesley Wheeler, author of Mycocosmic
Ten authors answer the question: What’s the best piece of writing advice you’ve ever received?
“Streamline. Outline. Find your center of gravity.” —Mike Fu, author of Masquerade
“Now, though, years have passed, and I do have more peace about my past and my process. From afar, I can finally see what I was doing, and why.” —Jay Baron Nicorvo, author of Best Copy Available: A True Crime Memoir
The author of Country of Origin looks back on the fifteen years she spent working on her debut novel.