Success is NOT Overnight!

Last week a wrote the post: 'Slow and Steady Wins the Race' and I'm posting today because it was the next available day for a blog post! Ha.



I know that every writer will say this at one point on their blog... or in general. And now it's my turn. So, here goes.



Success is NOT something that can be achieved overnight... and you'd be a fool to think otherwise.



I've written a little something on how you might be able to achieve a little bit of success... and that comes from improving... but improving on what? Well, read below.




How Can You Improve?


For a writer who is choosing to self-publish, I would consider sales playing a major role in their success. I've not self-published anything yet, however, when I do, I know that I will weigh my success on sales.



I'd like to think I was pretty successful in blogging, I receive a fair few amount of comments on my post, each posts has on average of 100 hits -- but it wasn't always like that, I used to blog and there was nobody reading my posts, or commenting, or tweeting me, telling me how much they loved what I said... but then again, that was almost 2 YEARS AGO! So success can take years... and I'm sure that even now I'm still a minnow in the blogging world. I'm constantly improving my blog---example: I'm blogging EVERYDAY! Yes, you heard right, if you want more of Joe's awesomesauce, then you don't have to wait long... just 24horus! WHOOOO! (I'm sorry, I get a little bit carried away.)



So, determination, dedication and persistence... those 3 words need to be etched inside your forehead, and every time you close your eyes, there you will see it, those 3 words, in block capitals, surrounding your dreams and ambitions.



Now, for those 3 bee's ;) Be DETERMINED. Be DEDICATED. Be PERSISTENT.



ALWAYS. And I say ALWAYS want to improve your writing, ALWAYS feel the need to learn new techniques, new ways to develop yourself. A friend told me that "your writing in 3 minutes will be better than it was 3 minutes ago, because you're always getting better" (not her exact words, but you get the point). So that's one way in which you can improve and also improve your chances of succeeding! This includes, being open to criticism, and being an open person in general... example: if you're closed off from the world, and a pretty anti-social person, then you're less likely to be a huge success.



On Tuesday I'll be posting another post about How NOT to go about Sales... I was going to go about it in this, and then realised that it would've been a really long post. I hope this was useful, and please don't try cutting those words into your forehead! Sincerely, Joe!




What do you weigh success on?

What are your goals as a writer?


-Joseph




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