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You know what makes it seem impossible to make it as a writer? The quiet myths that surround published authors. Except on my site, established writers rarely discuss the hard times they faced as fledgling writers.

We don't think of William Faulkner as a night watchman or T.S. Eliot as a banker--but both writers had those jobs. The hardest part about writing is believing that you are a novelist/poet/journalist even though you haven't been published yet.

That's why I brought on comic strip writer Woody Wilson last year--the man who has written Rex Morgan, M.D. and Judge Parker for many years. Before that gig,  he struggled to become a newspaper comic strip writer--just as hard as any starving artist.

In his interview he taught us plenty...

First, How To Pace Your Writing

Then, How To Break into the Comic Strip Writing World

After that, How To Survive Early Failures

Then, How To Survive as a Newspaper Comic Strip Writer in the Internet Age

And finally, How To Become a Newspaper Comic Strip Writer

Thanks for putting up with my repeats this week. I've been on vacation. Tune in next week for more super-fresh content. I missed you...