Are You Putting Your Worth in the Hands of Other People?

"Sometimes the jobby parts of being a writer are like any other job," she says. "You can't just pay attention to what you think and feel about your writing, but you have to know who to listen to." Writer: If you want to go pro, professionals are looking at your work in terms of what's selling now. 'None of that has anything to do with how good a writer you are or how good the story you're telling'