“Potential vanishes into nothing without effort.” I’m not sure, who to attribute this quote to, so I’ll tell you where it came from and let you decide. During her RNC speech, Ivanka Trump quoted her father, Donald Trump, as saying this to her as a child. Please don’t let your political views stop you from receiving those words of wisdom. When I heard them, I heard them with the ears of an author. An author who sometimes gets discouraged. And I was inspired.
In my critiques, I often tell the author of the manuscript, in a variety of ways, something like “This story has potential.” I believe that a portion of writers receive my critiques as inspiration to take their story to the next level. And I fear that a portion of them become discouraged and put their story aside. So, I offer this simple blog post as encouragement and inspiration.
How do you react to critiques? How do you react to rejections? If you give up, your story’s potential vanishes. If you stand strong and keep on keeping on, that effort may nurture your story until it blooms into the beautiful flower it is meant to be.
Alayne Kay Christian 