why

 I've got a question in a writing group, I take as serious one.

What helps you to keep writing when you get discouraged?

Characters. I write, in the first turn, for them, to tell their story, so I am always couraged by them. Actually, this is my criteria - if I write good, when I feel relief of characters, each of them, I know, I've done my work well.
And I know, I am not unique, so there many people like me, who like the same as me, they are my readers and they wait for my books. I look for them, but they look for me too. Always. As I look for my writers as well. Always.

...and I have supporting family...

Welcome to read me, maybe we look for each other!
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