Attutude: How to Earn an A for Writer Attitude
Attitude: How to Earn an A for Writer Attitude. Make yourself your most valuable writing career asset. I began teaching workshops to writers over three decades ago. From the beginning, my mission was to share what I know about the publishing world.
My knowledge comes from many years as a book editor and literary agent. My mission comes from many years as an unpublished, then published author. Back then, I could have benefited from what I have learned since as a publishing professional. I pass those lessons on to you, so that you may navigate the publishing marketplace more effectively in your own writing careers.
The specifics of my message have changed as your author needs have changed. My current message is about how to combat the Self Sabotage I find so rampant among writers who hope to be published, or better published, in this time of diminished opportunities.
Getting published has always been a challenge. Finding success in any competitive arena is difficult. Many try, but relatively few are chosen. That situation has not changed. You may not be able to alter these circumstances, but you can alter the way you respond to them.
You must empower yourself in your writing career. You empower yourself when you commit to two priorities. #1. To use your time and talents to grow your career potential, however tough the challenges may be. #2. To control your reactions to the limitations you encounter along the way.
You can make it through these difficult times. You can make it through because you already possess at least some of the skills and resources that will take you there. You only need to be reassess what those resources are, and be guided toward a strategy for employing them. That strategy begins with examining your Attitude.
Triumph through adversity has everything to do with Attitude. And your first Attitude Adjustment must be to accept the following. To suceed you will have to do battle. You have no other choice, if your passion is to write and bring the your writing to the world.
Your second Attitude Adjustment must be to fight back fear. Struggle against fear as fiercely as your story heroine struggles against the obstacles in her path in order to survive and thrive. I have waged similar fearsome fights in my writing career. As an author, you are destined to do the same.
Will yourself through the scary places. Here is a practical exercise to prepare you for that adventure. First thing every morning say these words, out loud and with passion, to your mirror. “I will not be afraid today. I refuse to let anxiety infest my spirit today.”
How else do you fight back fear? Change your thinking about now and the future. Change your attitude toward today, and also toward tomorrow. Particularly in terms of your goals for yourself and your writing career.
Stop discouraging yourself. Stop thinking of your goal as far away. Stop thinking of your progress toward your goal as painfully slow. That kind of thinking ends in discouragement. That kind of thinking drains your hope. That kind of thinking will not help you triumph in your struggle to succeed as a writer.
Do not squander what Ralph Waldo Emerson called the Power of Enthusiasm. Never relinquish your Powerful Enthusiasm. Enthusiasm is the energy you need to fuel yourself and your writing career through testing times. Enthusiasm will carry you to your goal.
In future posts I will guide your Powerful, Enthusiastic Journey. I will show you how to put your psyche on your side. How to escape the frenzy the writing life can become. How to notch up your discipline. How to recognize and utilize the abundance that surrounds you.
Join me here. Learn what we all need to know, and never forget. How to Earn an A for Writer Attitude.
Meanwhile, ask your crucial questions. How does your attitude need to be adjusted? What fears do you face about your writing career? What do you most eagerly desire to know? Add a question comment to this post, or email me at aliceorrbooks@gmail.com. I will be honored to respond.
Alice Orr – www.aliceorrbooks.com
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