http://zadiesmithnews.wordpress.com/2007/01/13/fail-better/ Collected works of Zadie Smith, featuring early short stories and journalism Mon, 03 Aug 2009 03:15:28 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 http://zadiesmithnews.wordpress.com/2007/01/13/fail-better/#comment-77 daniel wiseman Thu, 11 Dec 2008 02:55:38 +0000 http://zadiesmithnews.wordpress.com/2007/01/13/fail-better/#comment-77 what does it mean to succeed or fail as a writer is success popularity if u measure success in terms of financial renumeration then yes if success means to have created something that both satisfies you and your audience then you have achieved a seemingly impossible feat the best most people can hope for is to write something that sells or to write something that satisfies urself and a small audience of dedicated followers who will follow u like sheep over a cliff i have enjoyed reading zadie smiths opinion of failure and success what she says is truth and wisdom and her writing is beautiful and i will read anything she writes as long as she lives God bless love daniel smile Jesus loves you :) what does it mean to succeed or fail as a writer
is success popularity
if u measure success in terms of financial renumeration then yes
if success means to have created something that both satisfies you and your audience
then you have achieved a seemingly impossible feat
the best most people can hope for
is to write something that sells or to write something that satisfies urself and a small audience of dedicated followers
who will follow u like sheep over a cliff
i have enjoyed reading zadie smiths opinion of failure and success
what she says is truth and wisdom and her writing is beautiful and i will read anything she writes as long as she lives
God bless love daniel smile Jesus loves you

]]> http://zadiesmithnews.wordpress.com/2007/01/13/fail-better/#comment-3 The Prospect Reading Group is 10 at First Drafts - The Prospect magazine blog Mon, 23 Jul 2007 12:43:36 +0000 http://zadiesmithnews.wordpress.com/2007/01/13/fail-better/#comment-3 [...] Zadie Smith: ‘Fail better’ Zadie Smith: ‘Read better’ Jenny Hartley’s Reading Groups Hartley interview in Publishing News [...] [...] Zadie Smith: ‘Fail better’ Zadie Smith: ‘Read better’ Jenny Hartley’s Reading Groups Hartley interview in Publishing News [...]

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