Yeah, I didn't do it, and I'll not do it again!
A beta reader basically told me I should throw my manuscript in the trash.
I ignored them.
Robert Heinlein has some interesting thoughts on writing for pay, as does Isaac Asimov. One of my Heinlein favorites - "Finish what you start. Keep submitting until it sells."
Appropriately, Dean Wesley Smith is a big devotee of Heinlein's Rules of Writing--even wrote a book about them.
And rule # 3: "You must refrain from rewriting except to editorial order."
A beta reader basically told me I should throw my manuscript in the trash.
I ignored them.
Robert Heinlein has some interesting thoughts on writing for pay, as does Isaac Asimov. One of my Heinlein favorites - "Finish what you start. Keep submitting until it sells."
Appropriately, Dean Wesley Smith is a big devotee of Heinlein's Rules of Writing--even wrote a book about them.
And rule # 3: "You must refrain from rewriting except to editorial order."