The 23 Levels of Belief Necessary to Finish a Novel

Grant Faulkner
3 min readDec 18, 2023

I recently heard Jerry Seinfeld on a podcast, and he was asked what it took to make it as a comedian. He said, “Everyone who makes it makes it because they want it more than anyone else. They just want it more.”

They want it more — but they also believe in themselves more.

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Grant Faulkner

Executive Director of National Novel Writing Month, co-founder of 100 Word Story, writer, tap dancer, alchemist, contortionist, numbskull, preacher.