Note: I am happy to announce we have made it to halfway point in this editorial fellow readers. We have another fifty clichés to go, but the first half at least is completed. I would like to thank every single person who has commented, voted, or even put this editorial in their favorites. I would not be this far into this without the undying support of you guys.
I have to admit that there was a point back in time about six months ago where I almost ended this editorial for good. I was going through the transitional period from high school to college and my confidence could not be lower. I knew I wanted to continue writing (and doing art on the sidelines), but how would I become successful if I continued doing "trivial" things such as writing about clichés we see every single day in fiction? Many people had done it before. What made me any different? Because of this stupid thought, I put the editorial on indefinite hold and tried to write more original content. However, I struggled to come up with ideas. I was in writer's hell. It was a bad time to be me. My confidence could not be lower.
Then, you guys started to comment such nice things on the twenty parts I had at the time. Votes started to pour in like crazy. People even started putting this editorial in their favorites and a bunch of new people started to follow me. I started to feel confident again. In my head, I was no longer a little fish in a huge pond. I went back to this because you guys gave me my confidence to do so. I really cannot thank any of you enough for a gift as big as this.
And the progress does not end here. I am planning a four part original book series that hopefully will be released by sometime next year on Watt Pad. My grades in college are really good and my first semester could end with me being inducted into the honor role. I even might finally do that review on that TV show I hinted at trying to do about a year ago in the editorial previously. You guys are the reason I am here at this point today. Never give up on your dreams. You will make it a reality even if a few bumps come your way.
Now on to the fiftieth fantasy cliché after that long speech. Thank you if you did not skip it for the rant about the cliché. I highly appreciate it if you did stick by...
In society, there seems to be this generalization that being an inspiring author is a bad thing. A lot of people compare the idea of becoming an author similar to that of becoming some type of artist. They think that you will fall into obscurity. If you even have a revolutionary book idea, people think you will ultimately fail to be noticed by anybody. People think becoming a famous author is like winning the lottery. You could luck out like J.K. Rowling who went from living in a car with her two sons to becoming one of the richest authors out there. Or you could die a failure like Edgar Allen Poe, whose work took decades to catch on to the general public. Basically, people are betting on you to fail. Thus to me, this is not only one of the biggest insults out there, but one of the most rotten clichés.
In modern society, there are many ways to get your work noticed. There is the idea of starting on an online platform such as Watt Pad. With the rise of social media, websites like Watt Pad have the potential to help you get your work noticed. Even if you do not choose Watt Pad, there are a bunch of other websites that could help support you. The creator of One Punch Man, an internationally popular manga, posted the first few chapters of his story online. After a while, he not only gained a partnership with an artist that loved his work, but had his work officially published and was able to see it become a twelve episode anime that became even more popular.
Another route is to have the work be noticed by word of mouth. Before the internet, this was the method many famous authors took to get noticed themselves in the past. J.K. Rowling, who I had mentioned earlier, had this outcome occur for her with the Harry Potter series. At first, publishers refused to help her officially publish the story all because they thought it would not catch on. However, a child of one of the publishers ended up reading the manuscript for the book. The child ended up loving the story, convincing the parent to publish the book. The rest is blissful history for J.K. Rowling's book series.
One final route is to start small at possibly a publishing company yourself. With the experience there, you have a higher chance to get your work published in the future. That is what exactly occurred for the Erin Hunter team, who write the famous Warriors book series. The publishing company asked the original three writers to create a story about feral cats, which they all happily agreed to. The creative freedom for them blossomed early on into the creative process and they virtually were allowed to make the series the way they wanted. Warriors eventually became a huge hit, proving them more than capable of following a simple prompt and starting their careers as writers.
I know not everyone gets to be super successful. I also know that even with these multiple paves, the outcome still could be negative. However, that is no reason to give up. You never should give up hope. Even if it takes a while to achieve, you still have a great chance of being noticed. Do not listen to the cliché that you are destined to be a starving artist. Just keep writing. All of you have great talent that should not be wasted.