Of course, Brown did learn lessons that made his writing work - it's why he even has a MasterClass series breaking down his favorite techniques - but if he had taken in every criticism he received, he never could have moved forward. Is it good enough?' I would delete it.' He said it felt like a baseball player in a slump, striking out because he was thinking of the mechanics of his swing rather than going through intuition. 'I would write a paragraph and say, 'Well, now millions of people are going to read this. He remembered sitting down to start his next book, which would become 2009's ' The Lost Symbol,' and struggling for a couple of weeks. You've got reviewers saying, 'This is the best book ever' you've got reviewers saying, 'This is the worst book ever.''
'You have to trust yourself,' he said, noting that, 'you have a lot of people whispering in your ear, telling you which way to go, telling you you're good, telling you you're bad. Account icon An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders.