Well, the Picture Book Marathon is over! I completed the 26 manuscripts! I also wrote my February manuscript for 12x12 in 12!
It was a tough month. It seemed like it was more of a struggle this year to work each day. However, I hate to lose and not finishing something like this that I start would be like 'losing' to me.
Some of my stories may have been more like writing exercises, but I do think there are a few real winners in there. Hopefully, I'll be able to get them polished up and sent out later this year.
I hope to be blogging more this year and get some useful resources up here.
Keep writing!
Thanks for stopping by.
Will
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Showing posts with label persistence. Show all posts
Showing posts with label persistence. Show all posts
Wednesday, March 7, 2012
Friday, March 18, 2011
The Good Incidence Fallacy (Yeah...a stretch to get to TGIF, right?) :)
"I've always been in the right place and time. Of course, I steered myself there." - Bob Hope
How often have you, or someone you know, said that a writer "got lucky" or "has all the luck?"
Sure, luck may be involved in life, but hard work, preparation, and persistence play a good part as well. Most successes, in writing and in many other professions, do not happen 'overnight.' Basketball players do not decide to play basketball one day and join the NBA the next. CEOs do not decide to start a business one day and be running a multi-billion dollar company the next. Writers do not decide to write one day, and have a bestseller the next. The list goes on. For every person's success, there is usually a story of hard work, dedication, and perseverance behind it.
So, writers need to prepare to be writers: Read. Write. Read books on writing. Research your subjects. Write. Research publishers and agents. Research the market. Write. Revise.
You're not going to be a success overnight, but if you work hard, prepare, and place yourself where you can succeed, someday you will succeed.
I love Bob Hope, thus the quote above. I also love Shel Silverstein. Taken a bit out of context, but still somewhat applicable if you think of magic or good luck as success: "...all the magic I have known I've had to make myself." — Shel Silverstein (Where the Sidewalk Ends)
Work hard so that success will find you.
Thanks for stopping by.
Will
How often have you, or someone you know, said that a writer "got lucky" or "has all the luck?"
Sure, luck may be involved in life, but hard work, preparation, and persistence play a good part as well. Most successes, in writing and in many other professions, do not happen 'overnight.' Basketball players do not decide to play basketball one day and join the NBA the next. CEOs do not decide to start a business one day and be running a multi-billion dollar company the next. Writers do not decide to write one day, and have a bestseller the next. The list goes on. For every person's success, there is usually a story of hard work, dedication, and perseverance behind it.
So, writers need to prepare to be writers: Read. Write. Read books on writing. Research your subjects. Write. Research publishers and agents. Research the market. Write. Revise.
You're not going to be a success overnight, but if you work hard, prepare, and place yourself where you can succeed, someday you will succeed.
I love Bob Hope, thus the quote above. I also love Shel Silverstein. Taken a bit out of context, but still somewhat applicable if you think of magic or good luck as success: "...all the magic I have known I've had to make myself." — Shel Silverstein (Where the Sidewalk Ends)
Work hard so that success will find you.
Thanks for stopping by.
Will
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