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5 Pieces of Writing Advice I’d Give to Myself If I Was Just Starting Out
Hint: it takes time to succeed
Zero. Nothing. Nada.
I remember zero. You have no audience, no traffic, no connections, no experience, no plan, no strategies, and no idea what will happen in the future.
I’m not nearly done with my writing career nor do I feel like I’ve totally arrived, but I have done enough work to feel very far away from the starting point. It’s almost hard to remember. One thing I do remember from the early days? You just feel so far away from success.
You look at the ‘big shots’ with their giant email lists, income reports, viral articles, and it’s hard to grasp that those results are even real.
It’s hard to grasp that these big-shot bloggers were once at zero. But, they were.
If you find yourself at zero, or close to it, heed this advice — the advice I would give to my former self when I just started.
Keep Focusing on the Fun — The Fun Will Drive You
Making a living writing is awesome. It’s the goal. The dream. But if you focus too much on that outcome, you’ll never get it.
