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You dont understand how much this has helped me. Sometimes, all you need is a little bit of encourgement to which I have received. Thank you so much for sharing.

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Wow thanks for sharing that! :D Your comment is encouraging to me too. :)

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This is so encouraging. Thank you!

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Thanks so much, Kaitlin! :) Yeah being amazingly talented is really not necessary, haha. Perseverance and consistent effort is key!

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My classmates may think the same of me up until recently. But I think being talented is a bit of a curse. People just expect a talented teen to stumble upon the path where those talents are useful, and that's just not practical. Those who end up successful either kept hope until later in life, or managed to have someone incredibly supportive helping to guide those talents.

All that to say I hope Nathan knows it's not too late to try again. 💕

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Great point about needing hope and support! No matter how talented you are at writing, if everyone around you tells you that you're just dreaming, that writing is useless, etc., then that doesn't encourage you to keep working at it. People who keep telling you that you won't have any time and energy to write outside of work, will further sink your confidence, and make you less likely to persevere. I thankfully found some great online communities, since my "real life" groups are mostly people who don't take writing seriously. (Most of them don't even read, lol.) Yes, it's never too late!

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