{"id":694830,"date":"2024-05-02T10:59:24","date_gmt":"2024-05-02T09:59:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jerichowriters.com\/?p=694830"},"modified":"2024-05-02T10:59:33","modified_gmt":"2024-05-02T09:59:33","slug":"try-fail-sulk-and-move-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jerichowriters.com\/try-fail-sulk-and-move-on\/","title":{"rendered":"Try, Fail, Sulk, and Move On"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Hi, Jericho Writers here! This takeover originally featured in one of our email newsletters in 2022. Since then, Marve&#8217;s career has sky-rocketed. After making the Friday Night Live final at our Festival of Writing, Marve went on to secure a three-book deal with Penguin. Take a walk down memory lane with us and enjoy Marve&#8217;s advice on how to persevere as a writer&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator aligncenter has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Hi! I\u2019m Marve, a writer and a recovering sore-loser. I wrote my first poem at eleven. It was NOT the best-written piece of work, but it helped me articulate the feelings I previously didn\u2019t think had words. A couple of years later, I started writing a novel. I\u2019m proud to say I wrote up to 10,000 words before losing my handwritten manuscript\u2013 four times! Why? Because I was so excited for anyone to read my work that I literally gifted it to them. It took me a decade to finish that book, but one thing remained the same &#8211; I still can\u2019t wait for the world to read my work.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I pour my heart into every draft, so when my work isn\u2019t the best thing my reader has ever read, the crash hits hard and burns fast! It\u2019s an unrealistic want\u2013 somehow, it still hurts.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2017, I took a loan from my dad to publish my first novel and did all the marketing myself. I sold over 400 copies in the launch weekend and sold enough that month to pay back the loan (my dad is a banker, so he\u2019s very by the books). In hindsight, that was pretty impressive for a 22-year-old &#8211; but a couple of years later, sales slowed to a near halt. Something wasn\u2019t working and this sent me right into a writing slump for another couple of years.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It felt like an uphill battle with the saboteur in my head, and while I was terrified, I wasn\u2019t ready to give up yet. So, earlier this year, I dared to write again, and later got a manuscript assessment report. The feedback was\u2013&nbsp;<em>amazing and unique story, but this draft needs a lot more work<\/em>. Oh! The pain! This feedback hit harder because it was my first try after my writing slump, so in my head, I\u2019m thinking \u2013 time to quit.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But now, I\u2019m back, and that\u2019s because I learned something that\u2019s changed my mindset. I learned to embrace the &#8216;sulk\u2019. I\u2019ve come to understand that it\u2019s okay to be disappointed, to take as much ice cream as I need, and mindlessly rewatch&nbsp;<em>Friends&nbsp;<\/em>for the 200th time when things don\u2019t go according to plan. This has been a real breakthrough for me because I&#8217;ve allowed myself the time to first,&nbsp;<strong>reflect&nbsp;<\/strong>and then do what was most important-&nbsp;<strong>move on<\/strong>. Moving on is much easier when you&#8217;ve grieved whatever disappointment or letdown you&#8217;re dealing with. Whether it\u2019s the 10th or 200th agent rejection, two years stuck on submissions, not getting that award you really wanted, or maybe it\u2019s the sour words of a beta reader. Nothing is too big or small to feel bad about, but you must remember that the goal is to get moving. Allow yourself to feel the feelings. Take however long you need, then come back to the mission, ready to take on the world. At least, that\u2019s what\u2019s worked for me.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This year, I\u2019ve had to be a lot braver. I applied to five competitions in one day, and got shortlisted for two, including Friday Night Live! Who\u2019d have thought? Did I cry when I missed out on winning? Yes! Did I apply for more? Yes!&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now, my final draft is nearly clean enough for submission, and with five full manuscript requests, two partials and two editor requests, I feel like I&#8217;m much closer to getting an agent.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I\u2019m also self-publishing again, and while I hope for a greater launch than the first one, nearly six years later, these old bones creak, and I wonder if I have the guts of a hopeful 22-year-old girl. We&#8217;ll see.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The mission is to do it afraid. 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