[swatcoder]

> all the successful authors who spoke about their experience all expressed similar struggles.

Definitely not true.

Some people really don’t have those sorts of struggles.

It doesn’t mean that those who do need to push themselves shouldn’t write/paint/code/swim/whatever, or that the results of their effort are of any lesser quality, or that they’re not in highly esteemed company.

It just means that people have different processes and motivations and drives, and that there are many paths that lead to comparable accomplishment.

To say otherwise isn’t entirely the encouragement I think you’re trying to offer. It’s denying the reality of other people’s lived experience.

[lelanthran]

> > all the successful authors who spoke about their experience all expressed similar struggles.

> Definitely not true.

You're saying that all the successful authors who spoke about their experience did not all express similar struggles?

You have a quote from a successful author, who said that they did not express similar struggles?

Because I am only making the claim about what successful authors said, not whether they were lying or not.

[swatcoder]

Indeed, there are even several examples discussed elsewhere on this page already!

Some successful authors have shared their struggles with motivation and perseverance, and others have shared their lack of such.

For some people, writing is a refuge from the stresses of the world, for others it’s a compulsion, for others it’s a surge of inspiration that moves through them now and then, etc

This variety of process is common to all traditionally creative endeavors, and even things like athletics or coding. There’s no shortage of “successful” people sharing their experience of such.

I can’t know, but you may be blinding yourself through some kind of confirmation bias.