"Success comes to a writer as a rule, so gradually that it is always something of a shock to him to look back and realize the heights to which he has climbed."
- P.G. Wodehouse
Put a frog in a pan of cold water, turn on the heat, and watch what happens. When the temperature rises as slowly as success comes to a writer, the frog boils to death without feeling it happen.
Writers have the opposite problem; they do not feel cold. Encourage them to publish and watch what happens. When the temperature lowers as fast as rejection comes to writers, they freeze without feeling it happen.
While frogs boil and writers freeze, writing survives.
© 2009, Steven R. Lundin, all rights reserved
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