Writers are often encouraged to find their community, for many reasons – inspiration, motivation, encouragement, critiques, networking, and on and on. However, what can you do when your community becomes a herd, and instead of motivating, becomes stifling? Or when too many people want to provide their input on your manuscript? “You’re not writing the book YOU wanted to write, you’re writing a book for a hundred people,” writes Patrice Caldwell on the Pub Crawl blog.
Caldwell found herself in this position, and shares her experience on shutting it down.
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