It’s common to assume people don’t try to succeed as writers because they are afraid of failure. Yet, more writers fear success, which is why they don’t try to achieve their goals or realize their dreams. Fearing success more than failure seems counterintuitive. After all, we are taught from an early age to pursue success—whatever that looks like or means…
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Goals, aspirations, dreams, and visions represent results you want to achieve. However, getting writing results requires possessing the identity of someone who can create what you want—published articles and books and a career as a writer and author. You must be the type of person who can take the necessary actions to create those results. If you aren’t that type…
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If you have written a nonfiction book, your next step is to get the manuscript edited. You need several types of editors, but a developmental editor is the first one to offer feedback and revision notes. Once you get those notes, what’s the best approach to your revisions? I have just received the revision requests back from the publisher of…
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Lots of people say they are writers, but they aren’t. Not really. After all, writers write, and they aren’t writing consistently. If, like them, you claim to be a writer but don’t produce written words several times per week (or daily), you are not a writer…yet. I’m not talking about being an author. An author is a writer who has…
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If your literary agent said, “It’s my intention to get you a $50,000 to $75,000 advance for your book,” how would you react? I’d hasten to guess you initially might respond, “That’s fabulous! I’d love that.” After all, you have dreamed of being a well-paid author, right? But what would you say to yourself after that? It’s possible—even likely—that your…
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