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- ABC News
- April 3, 2017
JK Rowling writing 'words of wisdom'
Rowling struggled before her success with "Harry Potter."
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\"Even if it isn't the piece of work that finds an audience, it will teach you things you could have learned no other way,\" she continued.
\"And by the way,\" Rowling, 51, added, \"just because it didn't find an audience, that doesn't mean it's bad work.\"
Writers should find joy in the fact that they've even finished a piece of work, Rowling added.
\"The discipline involved in finishing a piece of creative work is something on which you can truly pride yourself,\" she said. \"You'll have turned yourself from somebody who's 'thinking of', who 'might', who's 'trying', to someone who DID.\"
The discipline involved in finishing a piece of creative work is something on which you can truly pride yourself.
— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) April 3, 2017
... you'll know you can do it again. That is an extraordinarily empowering piece of knowledge. So do not ever quit out of fear of rejection.
— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) April 3, 2017
\"And once you've done it,\" Rowling continued, \"you'll know you can do it again. That is an extraordinarily empowering piece of knowledge. So do not ever quit out of fear of rejection.\"
The \"Harry Potter\" scribe reminded her more than 10 million followers that \"maybe your third, fourth, fiftieth song/novel/painting will be the one that 'makes it,' that wins the plaudits ... but you'd never have got there without finishing the others (all of which will now be of more interest to your audience.)\"
... but you'd never have got there without finishing the others (all of which will now be of more interest to your audience.)
— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) April 3, 2017
Rowling concluded her thread of advice tweets by remarking, \"Here endeth today's sermon.\"
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