I have learned that writing, as hard and time consuming as it is, is really only about half the work on the road to publication. Maybe even less than half the work. Sure you have to spend a long time writing a great book. And you have to spend even longer revising it. Because if you don't, then you are guaranteed to have a poorly written book. It's the revising, and the additional revising, and the editing, and the additional editing that makes a book great it terms of its writing.
And even after all of that, I say it's less than half of the work. Because unless you are a celebrity, or married to one, it's even harder to get someone like an agent or a publisher to give it the chance it needs to be recognized as a great work. I know that many unpublished writers are much better writers than many published ones. But the circumstances that led to those published writers getting deals were not there for them.
So how can they get around that? It's the age old advice. Don't quit. Keep pounding away. Cuz if you do quit, then you automatically remove yourself from any chance at all. I know it's tough. I've been there. Sometimes the luck is just bad. And it's true, luck is a factor. But you'll only have a chance at finding good luck if you keep at it. And don't quit. That's all.
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