The problem with 81% of us wanting to write a book is that very few people will take you seriously when you say you're actually doing it. They immediately slot you into the dreamer category or worse, will gleefully tell you why you'll never make it (very much like entrepreneurship).
No. That's why THEY never made it. It has nothing to do with you.
That's why you need your cheerleaders. I had to recruit and train mine.
I sat my hubby down and said "I'm writing a book. It is important to me. I'm going to be facing a lot of rejection. What I need from you is 100% support. No suggestions. No criticisms. Just 'you can do it, I believe in you,' over and over and over again."
I don't even let my hubby read my novels. I need him to be 100% on my side and that's easier with him not having read the book (because the brain automatically suggests ways it can be better).
Another helpful tactic is to have timelines. My screenwriter brother sends a script out every Christmas. It is more a gift to himself than to others. He knows he has that self imposed deadline. It forces him to produce. I have publishing deadlines now (if I want to hit my 2 books a year) but before that, I'd also tell myself that I need to get book 1 to the critique service by x date. That way, I didn't get stuck in the editing death spiral.
