A Writing Career Plan

A Writing Career Plan

1. Never lose sight of the fact that writing is a business. Park your butt in a chair and write!

2. Investigate all your options, your career is in your hands. Make your career go where YOU want it to go.

3. Are you productive? What are you capable of doing? Write down your goals, one large goal and several smaller goals. Think about your goals everyday. Note: Your #1 goal should be -- Get published!

4. Make sure your goals are realistic and cover periods of: week, month, year, 5 years.

5. Reach for your goals. Make time for what you want. If you want to succeed as a writer you must make the time to write.

6. Believe in yourself and remember, you are in control! Your desire to succeed is the most important factor in your goal to be a published author.

7. Do whatever work is necessary to reach your goal. Example: Complete your novel!

8. Study your market then find the best agent in that market to sell your work.

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Quick Tips

1. Use plain words, not the fancy. Example: I exhort you to read this. Change to: I urge your to read this.

2. Use picture nouns. Ex- ample: Beauty in the spring marks the end of winter. Change to: Flowering azalea in the spring mark the end of winter.

3. Be careful of using "to" because it often brings baggage. Example: He is starting to get sick. Change to: He started feeling sick.

4. Make sure you need the word "the." Example: The car raced along the residential street. Change to: Cars race along residential streets.