Hi Kate! Thank you so much for your comment and your kind words! Yes, I think it is important to just keep pressing on. Our writing will improve the more we practice. I love what you wrote about writing when you feel “pushed from inside and I cannot do otherwise”. I think that’s the feeling that assures us that we are truly writers. All the best with your writing endeavors!

Thanks for your comment! I definitely agree. Having someone who can encourage you with your writing is so important.

Thanks for the comment! 🙂 It’s true. Perfectionism truly is the enemy of success. While we should strive to do our best, we shouldn’t let that impede us from sharing our work with the world. After a few edits, it’s important to move on and to realize that only by writing more will we become better writers.

I loved the Sherlock holiday episode and can’t believe we have to wait until 2017 for the new season!

Hi Anna Maria! Thanks for your comment! Yes, you’re absolutely right. It does take guts to fail. It seems that the only way we can know we’re talented is if we let people we trust read our work and tell us what they think. Often that means sharing our work with the world before we feel it’s 100% perfect. What do you think?

Thanks for commenting, Ruth! I love the fact that you keep the crumpled up papers in a box. That means you can still go back and keep writing if you want to. Do you ever use those crumpled up papers as inspiration?

Hi Kim, so true! Maybe we need to partly rely on the opinions of others (as long as those people aren’t trying to discourage us from our dreams). What do you think? And, yes, I definitely agree and I love the way you worded it: it’s better to be bold than brilliant and too scared to share your work.