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Originally Posted by ShortNCuddlyAm
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There's a lot of writers on here who I believe are shying away from writing more because they don't think they're good enough, or maybe they haven't got the confidence, well I believe all of those writers are good enough, and not just that, but better than the vast majority of published work out there.
There's a saying about the quiet ones being the most interesting at any party, and the loudest are always the ones with nothing to say. That's the writing world at the moment. The shameless self-promoters, the hucksters and the shills shout loud but they really have nothing to say apart from 'buy my product', whereas all the interesting stuff is given up for a lack of courage. The most personal and beautiful fades to a whisper as the dullards shout louder and louder.
Don't give up, and never think you are any less for lack of a publication credit (which amounts to nothing more than a badge of sameness).