Brummet's Conscious Blog

Just how do you manage a writing career? Well, it begins with acknowledging that you are an entrepreneur and that it is time to run your office as a business. You are en entrepreneur whether you are a: • Freelance writer • Copywriter • Editor, formatter, cover designer • Published author • Spoken word poet • Assignment writer   • Branching out into multiple writing and media genres in order to keep a steady income flow   • Have one book that you haven't published yet, but plan to.  Regardless of where you fit in all of that - you are running a business and before you go any farther it is really important to take a few days to understand your situation with a 5-year business plan.  The 5-year Business Plan has 2 sections; the first will touch on everything from: • Financial needs analysis and taxes • Operations, processes and policies • Examining future goals or projects  Understanding these things puts you in a better position going forward...