The best writing advice I ever heard was “Don’t write unless you can’t not write” For 99% of writers there is never going to be any other reward than the writi

The best writing advice I ever heard was “Don’t write unless you can’t not write” For 99% of writers there is never going to be any other reward than the writing itself. If the writing itself isn’t rewarding to you, you will never stay with it long enough to get to a level where you may have a chance at joining the 1% who get external rewards for it.