Here's the advice 'The Hate U Give' author Angie Thomas would offer aspiring writers via CNBCMakeIt
Angie Thomas, the author behind"The Hate U Give", knows a thing or two about rejection, having suffered many snubs in her career.
"Don't write it because it's a trending topic. Don't write it because it could be turned into a film. Don't write it because you think it's going to win awards," she said before adding,"Write it because you enjoy it, because that's why you will enjoy writing it. If it's something that you enjoy, it'll be something you'll want to read."
And her hard work paid off. Commenting on the response people had to her book"The Hate U Give", Thomas told Goodreads in late 2017, that one of the best aspects was seeing how the book had"successfully found its readership and how it has successfully reached the kids I wanted it to reach." "Know that, you may get a lot of no's along the way, but it only takes one yes to change everything," she said last week. Thomas added that for one of her stories, which she admits"never got anywhere," the author had received over 200 rejections.
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