It seems if you’re not lurking on Reddit, you’re either giving advice to someone on r/writing, or offering someone a book on r/books. Does interacting with readers and writers help motivate you? How important do you think community is when it comes to relatively solitary activities like reading and writing?
That’s a great observation, one that I don’t think a lot of people see. Writing is very solitary. Having some interaction, even faceless, is good for me. Beyond that, when trying to break in, I got a lot of good advice from established writers. I feel that in writing—sf/f particularly—there’s a feeling that we’re all in it together. There’s a great tradition of the pros helping the newer writers, and I want to continue it.
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