Seriously, though, click through and read his post. Good stuff, amazingly free of bullshit and time-wasting crap. :)
Angie
Tuesday, May 13, 2014
The Path to Artistic Success
Writer Scott William Carter came up with the ultimate formula for achieving success as a writer, or any other kind of artist. This is the real deal, folks. Here's an infographic he made to summarize:
Seriously, though, click through and read his post. Good stuff, amazingly free of bullshit and time-wasting crap. :)
Angie
Seriously, though, click through and read his post. Good stuff, amazingly free of bullshit and time-wasting crap. :)
Angie
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It sounds too simple, but it's true.
Suzan -- yep. I think that's the problem, that too many people assume it has to be complex, so they start stuffing more and more steps into it. :P
Angie
Ass to chair is the way I produce the most words. Really simple.
Whisk -- yep, me too. I read about other writers who go all-out on the promo, though, blog hops and constant tweeting and their own YouTube channel and book trailers and whatever all, and you have to wonder when they have time to write. :/ Who was that marketing person who rambled on about how you have to live your life in public, on the internet, to connect with readers? Everyone on Passive Guy's place was snarking at her, but people like her are everywhere, and too many writers believe them. [sigh] They think there's a trick or a formula or something that you have to figure out how to do, besides just writing, that will make you a famous bestseller, and it just isn't true.
Ass to chair is how it works, but that sounds too simple for these folks. It's really sad.
Angie
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