When you write a book for publication, you're writing it for other people to read.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
The whole purpose of writing a book is to be understood - if other people write about you, they try to guess why you did things, or they hear things from other people.
I'm the kind of writer that people think other people are reading.
Everything I publish is for my readers.
If you want to be a writer, you write. Everybody wants to get published. You gotta play your long game.
I am the kind of writer that people think other people are reading.
When I write a book, I write a book for myself; the reaction is up to the reader. It's not my business whether people like or dislike it.
There's a lot more to publishing a book than writing it and slapping a cover on it.
As a writer, you write the book, you give it to your editor, it's copy edited, it's published, it's thrown out there, and then there's a response.
A good part of the work is just reading a manuscript and coming to the office. I can't imagine wanting to even read an article about book publishing.
Once you publish a book, it is out of your control. You cannot dictate how people read it.