nobody wants to read your sh*t: and other tough-love truths to make you a better writer audible <p>there's a mantra real writers know but wannabe writers don’t. and the secret phrase is this: "nobody wants to read your shit." recognizing this painful truth is the first step in the writer's transformation from amateur to professional. </p> <p>“when you understand that nobody wants to read your shit, you develop empathy. you acquire the skill that is indispensable to all artists and entrepreneurs - the ability to switch back and forth in your imagination from your own point of view as writer/painter/seller to the point of view of your reader/gallery-goer/customer. you learn to ask yourself with every sentence and every phrase: is this interesting? is it fun or challenging or inventive? am i giving the reader enough? is she bored? is she following where i want to lead her?"</p>