The following is a quote from Dan Blank, writing for Writer Unboxed:
There is No Horse and Cart. On Finding Success as a Writer
I worry that the cart &
horse analogy is exactly the type of social contract that has long since
broken, if it ever existed at all. That you do well in grade school and
high school to get into a good college to get a good internship to get a
good job which leads to a good promotion which leads to a good salary
which leads to a nice house which leads to retirement savings which
leads to…this concept that there is a basic, safe, linear order to things that leads to “success.”
Instead, what I have found from
my friends and colleagues: life is complex; trusting relationships are
the core of everything; great work is highly respected, but not always
rewarded; persistence is key; luck is necessary, but unpredictable;
‘best practices’ are often illusions sold to you so that others can feel
like gurus.
Scott Berkun puts this nicely when we consider actions based on the odds of them working:
“They say most businesses fail in the two years. That most books don’t sell many copies. Why is this surprising? The interesting things in life are hard. Do you want an interesting life? Then you have to accept different odds.”
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My only point of disagreement would be to cut the title to..."On Finding Success." The "as a Writer" is unnecessary, eh?
So, what do I need to do differently in order to write more and sell more? Hmmmmm, I am going to pump up my relationships, get a tad more pushy in selling, and write more, every day. I've done a great job this yr of sticking with my "Poem a Day" writing, but the fiction-writing needs more time. So....
buh-bye, gotta hitch my wagon to my horse...or, my horse to my wagon...oh, whatever......gotta go write.
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