From Passion to Patience: A New, Web-Based Model for Becoming a Successful Author, Part II
Here are five more of the essential elements of becoming a successful author in the digital age:
Creativity
How can you make you and your work stand out in the growing explosion of books and authors? Creativity. In a world awash with media, creativity is essential for making you and your work memorable. There was a New Yorker cartoon showing a man standing over a cat next to a litter box and saying: “Never think outside the box.” To be creative today, it’s not enough to think outside the box, you have to think outside the room the box is in.
Service
To succeed, you have to serve, not sell. The better you serve your readers, the better they will serve you.
Faith
You must have faith in yourself, your idea, your book, and your ability to make it succeed and build a career.
Courage
To face a blank screen and dare to believe you have something worth writing takes courage. To persevere despite rejections from publishers and the media, negative responses from readers and critics, and perhaps poor sales, takes courage. Overcoming obstacles takes courage. But you have more than enough courage to meet the challenges that await you. All you have to do is summon it, and the harder the struggle, the sweeter the success.
Knowledge
Writers need to know more about more than ever. Besides the things on this list,
You have to have a positive but realistic perspective about publishing that balances the challenges and opportunities. The information at www.larsenpomada.com will help you.
- If you want an agent, you have to know what they do, and how to find, contact, and work with them.
- You have to know about using technology, especially social media. You don’t have to be a techie, but you do have to maximize the tremendous power of technology to help you.
However, you are blessed with more free resources than ever to learn what you need to know without leaving your desk.
The next post will cover refining your craft, test-marketing yuor book, building your platform, and creating communities to help you.
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The 9th San Francisco Writers Conference / A Celebration of Craft, Commerce & Community February 16-20, 2012 / www.sfwriters.org / sfwriterscon@aol.com / https://sfwriters.org/blog / @SFWC http://www.facebook.com/pages/San-Francisco-Writers-Conference/112732798786104 / 415-673-0939 / 1029 Jones Street / San Francisco, 94109 / San Francisco Writers University / Where Writers Meet and You Learn Laurie McLean, Dean / free classes / www.sfwritersu.com / sfwritersu@gmail.com / @SFWritersU
