Publishing in a way doesn't have a lot to do with writing, and writing doesn't have a lot to do with publishing.
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Write a lot and don't think about publishing - just the writing.
Because most writers have totally unrealistic concepts of how publishing works.
If you want to be a writer, you write. Everybody wants to get published. You gotta play your long game.
I've always felt writing is an art. Publishing is a business. I felt strongly if I was going to write, I would write what I wanted to, and if the 'market' didn't respond, there was nothing I could really do about it.
I write slowly by hand. Publishing is effectively bankrupt for you unless you are Danielle Steele. It takes a year to write book and advances are going down or disappearing.
Writing only leads to more writing.
Perhaps it would be better not to be a writer, but if you must, then write.
Writing provides no guarantees. And writers who stay with writing do it for reasons that are larger than self.
Publishing is a business, and I completely understand it. But when you don't have to depend on writing for your identity or your income, you can do whatever you want.
Being a writer is not the point. Writing is.