Advice for writers
Many aspiring authors spend hours and hours, alone behind their computers tap, tap, tapping away. Then those hours turn into months, and of course, the months slip into years.
This is admirable. If I'm confident of anything, it's that to be an author you have to be willing to spend hours of your life equivalent to entire years out of your life slaving away writing. I'm just for sure that you need to read at least just as much.
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This is admirable. If I'm confident of anything, it's that to be an author you have to be willing to spend hours of your life equivalent to entire years out of your life slaving away writing. I'm just for sure that you need to read at least just as much.
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One thing that gets unfortunately overlooked by many is that you also have to be willing to leave your books and your computer behind sometimes. To engage others.
Not that you can't be an introvert. Thousands of widely regarded successful authors were introverts. That's is because in some way or another they were able to overcome, albeit sometimes only briefly, their restrictions and step outside of their comfort zones.
That's because while writing can take many forms; journaling, hobbies writing, personal letter writing. Authorship is a profession, and that means that it falls within a business structure. No matter how sincerely you believe that Jack Kerouac went from nothing to a fantastic book within two weeks of boozing (which FYI, in reality, he didn't). If you want to move books from shelves, you will need to approach the task earnestly. With a humble attitude that is open to working with others.
The business of writing, designing, editing, publishing, marketing, and selling your books requires a multitude of strangers. Regardless of whether you have a small budget, or you're JK Rowling.
In fact, the small your budget, the approach is better suited to involving a large number of people each with small, potentially volunteer style task. For instance, having friends complete a narrative edit before giving it to a professional editor, to reduce the amount of paid time the editor has to spend on the manuscript.
For your first book, I highly suggest having a strong group of people who can offer various products, services, and insights to help you stay focused, motivated, and up-to-speed on the ever-changing self-publishing landscape.
Being a successful author requires a lot more than just writing a great book. You have to get into the weeds, be willing to change out of your writer's cap and into a variety of other hats depending on where you are in the process.
You may not have the skills or willingness to tackle everything with your own two hands, and that's why it's so important to develop your own file of go-to resources along the way.
That's because while writing can take many forms; journaling, hobbies writing, personal letter writing. Authorship is a profession, and that means that it falls within a business structure. No matter how sincerely you believe that Jack Kerouac went from nothing to a fantastic book within two weeks of boozing (which FYI, in reality, he didn't). If you want to move books from shelves, you will need to approach the task earnestly. With a humble attitude that is open to working with others.
The business of writing, designing, editing, publishing, marketing, and selling your books requires a multitude of strangers. Regardless of whether you have a small budget, or you're JK Rowling.
In fact, the small your budget, the approach is better suited to involving a large number of people each with small, potentially volunteer style task. For instance, having friends complete a narrative edit before giving it to a professional editor, to reduce the amount of paid time the editor has to spend on the manuscript.
For your first book, I highly suggest having a strong group of people who can offer various products, services, and insights to help you stay focused, motivated, and up-to-speed on the ever-changing self-publishing landscape.
Being a successful author requires a lot more than just writing a great book. You have to get into the weeds, be willing to change out of your writer's cap and into a variety of other hats depending on where you are in the process.
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