I just watched a youtube video Rebbekah White posted on
Facebook, "Facing The Giants" scene where Brock one of the football
players carries Jeremy a 160 pound teenager 120 yards, that's the entire length
of a football field on his arms, his coach kept pushing him, and pushing him,
and telling him to not to quit to tell his body to not give up and to keep
going.
It was a very powerful scene, and I found myself in tears,
at the sheer power of the scene realizing how much we can do when we put our
minds to the task. Our minds can overpower our bodies and tell them to keep
going even when we feel like we cannot, like we feel hopeless, pointless, like
it's better to give up now then to of tried and failed.
Although writing and football are completely different in
many ways they are the same in one, it takes great discipline and great power
to finish both. A football player although exhausted and sore won't stop until
the game is over and they have won.
The same is for a Writer, even though they are tired, and
probably sore also, and out of ideas, and they just want the damn book to be
over already, we can't stop, we have to keep going and we do, because our game
isn't over until that book is finished and in the hand of a publisher, for then
that is our won game.
So, the next time you feel like giving up or you're just too
tired from your life to go on anymore, and you'd rather just stop now before
all the criticism comes in from your friends and family, DON'T! Don't let some
close minded, uncreative, jealous people steal your dreams from you because
they can't see it themselves and they
say it'd be easier to get a practical
job.
J.K Rowling was told to get a practical job and that writing was good enough, it had no steady
paycheck, but she didn't listen she continued to write and now she has a world
bestselling series, 8 movie and a boat load of cash. Where would she be now if
she had listened to those people and had just given up, and stored "Harry
Potter" in a drawer and never looked at it again.
So, don't stop, don't give up, and the next time you want to
think about the young man who carried a 160 pound person on his back across an
entire football field because he told himself he could, and he wouldn't give
up.
awesome Blog Sian and very true!
ReplyDeleteSian...great blog...I do believe it's the best one yet...I watched the video as well...it was powerful for sure...
ReplyDeleteGood advice, Sian. Good blog. Thanks for sharing it!
ReplyDeleteVery sage advice for someone as young as you!! Thank you for sharing and encouraging us all.
ReplyDeleteThank you Tamylee!! I always felt like I had a old soul! :-D
DeleteI read your blog and I will admit I have been very discouraged lately. I see so many people out there who already have their books published (wheather it is just amazon or through a publisher) and I feel so far behind. I also feel discouraged as you mentioned that J.K. Rowlings was told to get a "real" job as I have heard the lecture before myself and with my situation it's not currently possible. (I was also told about all of the money issues that you need to have a "sucessful" book.)
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I know how you feel Rebekah, Even though we do have a book published, we aren't seeing any sales except maybe one a month. In the success aspect I feel miles behind everyone else. I see all the success on MK and other sites and just keep hoping that maybe by osmosis or by following their example I will become more successful. I do not currenty have a job, so yeah, I hear you on the feeling guilty about that aspect. I am trying to help bring in money, but nothing steady yet. As for money to be a success, I pray that isn't true, because if it is true, We will never get there. Reading blogs like Sian's and others does give me hope though. And thats what we need right now Rebekah, positive people to help us to keep going, against the odds. You will get your book written and you will get it published. I have faith in you and you are doing a real job getting it written. Take care Rebekah. We both will be successes, with help of course!
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