Keep doing what works. Remove from your to-do list what doesn’t. Analyze and measure again.
People know who you are. Good. It doesn’t mean they will buy your book.
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Your book vs. This Year’s Bestseller. The winner is…
Do the opposite. Buy the book. Read the book. Realize that is better than yours; better written, with a better story architecture. Let the pain and the humiliation flood you mind, crush your thoughts of greatness. Then swim to the surface of the ocean of sorrow you’re in and start writing your next book.
My angry self
Come morning I will wake up early and write. There’s a story to tell angry or not.
How to write a bestseller? Answer: You don’t.
There is no such thing as writing a bestseller. A bestseller is not a book you write. It’s product.
That’s right. You can write a good Final Draft. That’s it. A bestseller is a product sold in big numbers. A product resulting from the collective work of a writer, a literary agent, a cover designer, an editor, a marketing team, an online store or a bookshop, and many more.
Hidden
Congrats! You are so well hidden that even Google can’t find you.
Less Internet More Cabernet
The other 1% are really facing writer’s block and is an excruciating experience. It’s like your hand are tied, your brain is frozen, and your soul is engulfed in darkness. The more it hurts, the more it pulls you in.
Why are you afraid of plotting your story?
Why do you “meh!” when a fellow writer advises you to plot your story after you “cried wolf”- you just complained to everybody about your huge writer’s block.
Something you forgot
You forgot somebody while moving forward with your writing career. Go back.
Thoughts about hunting and writers
Do you identify yourself with this story? Are you the chased hunter? Or are you part of the other 99%?
Your early adopters, beta readers, are a writer’s support system and this is what you should do for them
A billion dollars business starts with 100 hardcore clients. A writer’s career starts with 100 enchanted readers.
The lemming gene and the writer’s choice of a premise
Let the lemming’ gene direct your day-to-day life or not. If you decide to be a writer, start working hard and find your own voice.
Bestseller by the end of the week
One week bestsellers have years of work to support them. Not only in honing your writing skills, but in making yourself known as a person who is worth reading. It’s the snowball effect that you should be focused on.
The day your book is read
Think about it while you write and strive to create an exceptional read, to offer a life changing experience.
The meaning of literary genre
Literary genre is used by bookstores to separate books into different sections. It’s also a matter of life and death for many readers/writers to assign a genre or not to the book of another writer.
What do you wear when you write?
You’re a writer. An artist. You use words to enhance people’s emotions and teleport them in the imaginary universe you’re building. Maybe your mind will work better if your body follows.
The pragmatic writer’s guide to the publishing houses ecosystem
Before putting all your hopes into the standard publishing industry and spend years discovering the romantic side of rejection letters here is some tough love you should deal with:
The best time to write your book
The best time to write was before you opened your browser, visited this website, and read this article.
How much is your book worth to you?
How much will you ask for it? Is it a book as an entity priceless?
A writer promotes to writers
The copy/paste action in a writer’s group is a waste of time and energy you will never get back. Total waste. Mass marketing like this is expensive even if you don’t realize now.
What’s in it for you?
Why do you write? Why do you breathe? Why do you wake up in the morning? What’s in it for you?
Good advice
There goes out the window the general definition for good advice. I care not if is critique or feedback, or just mean and cynical advice. If it motivates me to keep doing what I do is good enough for me.
We’re in the storytelling business
Don’t deceive yourself. You’re not just telling stories. You’re telling stories and getting paid for it.