Last week I wrote about payoffs for not writing. In part 1, I covered what I call “negative payoffs.” Today, let’s look at positive payoffs—the positive outcomes you avoid when you don’t write. These, believe it or not, do constitute payoffs for not writing. Once again answer the question, “What is my payoff for not writing? What do I ‘earn’…
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Do You Need a Writing Accountability Partner?
Sometimes when we find ourselves not meeting our writing goals, it can help to have an “accountability partner.” This can be a writing friend or a coach with whom you check in on a regular basis concerning your short and long term goals. I have always found that being accountable to someone makes me get my work done. I’ve never…
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What’s Your Payoff for Not Writing? (Part 1)
Earlier this week I took a look at what stops writers from writing and publishing their work. I’ve also written about why writers don’t promote themselves and their writing, something that also stops them from getting published. If you don’t know why you don’t write, don’t attempt to get published or don’t do the things necessary to become an author,…
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How Well are You Communicating with Your Audience?
Every writer needs to figure out how to reach an audience–through writing and speaking. It’s imperative to know how to get your message across, to communicate in a manner that allows you to actually be heard by your audience. Whether you put words on paper or out in the air or across the airwaves, you have to know what true…
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Don't Let Fear Stop You From Writing Your Book
If you aren’t writing your book–or doing what it takes to get published–because of some fear you have, there are ways to move through your fear. So, don’t add new fears to your list: fear that you can’t move through your fear and fear that you’ll never become a published author. I always remember what Rebbe Nachman of Breslov taught….
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