9 Simple Habits to be the Perfect Writer (Part 1)
Welcome to our ‘Everything You Need to Know to Be a Successful Author’ Blog. Today we’ll talk about the few precisely crucial habits every successful author needs to master to stamp their name in history and make it in today’s book publishing industry.
Have you mastered any of these habits below? Which of the following work ethic do you need to put more effort into? Tell us about your experience in the comments below.
Overview
1. Do not Wait For Inspiration
2. Persistence is key
3. Read. Read. Until Your Brain Explodes!
4. Practice Freestyle Writing
5. Never be Afraid to Rewrite
6. Find an Editor. A Really Really Good Editor.
7. K.I.S.S M.Y A.S.S
(Keep It Simple Stupid, or Make Yourself Act Stupid Spontaneously)
8. Write in Different Genres
9. Set Word Count Goals
If your goal is to replicate Stephen King’s success with horror and fantasy novels -- many of which have been turned into movies and television series, or J.K Rowling’s record sales of more than 500 million copies of the Harry Potter series three years before the twenty-first century in 1997, then you are either one of two kinds of people when it comes to writing.
You’re either a procrastinator dwelling in dreams of grandeur, or you’re a doer. Why? Because it's such a lofty goal that in order to succeed you must either work extremely hard and give it all you’ve got or you’re better off not doing anything at all. There is no in-between.
1. Do not wait for Inspiration
This is arguably the least obvious rule of thumb when it comes to writing. In fact, most people and so called experts never talk about it. They would rather put the blame on writer’s block -- a fictional excuse that only appeared in our dictionary after so many incompetent writers complained about it because I kid you not -- they “ran out of ideas.”
At Alpha Book Publisher, we do not believe in writer’s block. As we discussed this in our article, “Why is Writing So Hard?” writer’s block is a figment of the imagination. Humanity has a tendency of finding things to blame, whether real or abstract - and the term writer’s block can easily fit into this mold.
Instead, we trust that being unnecessarily dependent on inspiration is the more likely culprit that’s keeping you from finishing your story.
Most writers are overly reliant on waiting for the right time. They put too much stock in inspiration and as a result, they wonder why they can’t get past page one.
It is not enough to just sit down and write whenever you feel like it. Stop waiting for a better time and place to write. In the long and arduous game of writing a novel, inspiration is not always your friend.
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