āThink positive!ā Youāve probably heard this advice, but you may not realize that affirmations, or positive statements, offer a powerful tool that helps you succeed as a writer and author. If the voice in your head offers more negative than positive feedback about your writing career, consider learning how to compose and use affirmations. This skill offers a powerful addition…
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Procrastination. If you are a procrastinator, you might delay writing tasks, including working on your manuscript, sending query letters to literary agents or publications, or marketing yourself and your work. No matter when or why you procrastinate, the impact is always the sameāyour productivity plummets, and your self-esteem, self-trust, and self-confidence decline. But throw a little necessity into the mix,…
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Do you believe you arenāt really a writer or author or donāt have the expertise or experience to write and publish your work? Itās time to change the beliefs that make you feel like an imposter. After all, you already realize that Imposter Syndrome negatively impacts your writing career. Imposter Syndrome is a psychological phenomenon where someone feels like a…
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Every December, writers around the world do the same thing. They set new writing goals. Sometimes, they even set the same goals as the year before. Why? Because they never achieved them. Like them, you may have had good intentions to get different results in the new year. And youāve had that intention year after year after year. Why do…
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Nonfiction writers who long for a traditional publishing deal or a byline in a national magazine often feel they canāt control these outcomes. Achieving their goals seems dependent upon gatekeepers, like agents, publishers, or editors, to open the gate and allow them in. However, you canāand mustātake control of your career to become a published writer. I have been published…
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