This week James Jackson came in to speak to us about his writing, how he got started and his writing process. I thought this was very helpful because he talked about how he was very unsure of this, about how people told him he sucked at it, and about how hard it was for him to build up the courage to realize he was going to be criticized. He talked about how only a small percentage is even going to like the kind of book you're writing anyway, and then everyone is a little different and everyone likes different things. He said that you should never let one person's bad comment or review discourage you from doing what you love. There are always going to be people who hate you or hate your writing or hate themselves so they feel the need to be mean without reason. Those people don't go away but remember that there are also going to be those who really like your work, those who really care about you, and those who believe you can do whatever you set your mind to. This sounded a bit cheesy at first but he is right, there are so many people in this world that several are bound to hate you or your work no matter what, you need to get past that in order to succeed. It was nice to hear him talk about how sad his first bad review made him and how he got over it. Also I know this doesn't relate to my point but he had a very fun accent.
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