Some of you are writers....in the midst of trying to monetize your writings.
I must admit I have listened to an awful lot of motivational speakers and professional writers who have taken the time to share their best tips for how to grow your audience and marketability.
One of the most common tips I hear from globally famous authors is quite surprising.
It is simply their advice to ¨Write Terribly and Often¨
Why on earth would a famous author suggest we simply just turn out more volumes of words and focus less on perfection?
Well, it turns out that experience shows that it is not always the ¨best ¨ writers who make the most money from their writing.....It is more likely that the folks who simply WRITE the MOST OFTEN wind up making a space for themselves in creative writing.
This makes every literature teacher wince, because it simply goes against all the classical writing theories.
Literary professors tend to promote whatever form of literature that they are teaching. They don´t often promote the practices that produce the best selling or wealthiest authors.
Sometimes it comes down to this.... Do you want to be a perfect writer who can´t pay the bills....or do you want to become a mediocre writer who can build up a high net worth that can support their whole family and leave a healthy inheritance for the next generation?
Sometimes, itś about just getting up..... having a cup of coffee and churning out some more words.....not perfect words....and definitely not very pretty words....but words on paper....or on screen....by the hundreds.
Don´t count the words.....just keep going. You will know when you are done. Same way a musician knows when the song is complete and time to exit stage left....you will simply know when you are done.
Friends , I wish you success in your creativity.....even if you feel alone and feel your work is not up to par.
Don´t give up on your creative genius.
Peace.
Carla
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