Great post, Simon. It's interesting you mention your background as a copywriter being useful. I've been a writer many years, but since writing sales copy, I'm much more confident and efficient regarding deadlines. Hence I'm thinking of starting a serial of my own!
Thanks for sharing your thoughts on this. I like the feeling that someone might actually read what I've written. After decades of submission/rejection, this sense that someone might at least part of a story has given me new motivation to write.
That's great to hear! It certainly make a huge difference to me. I write for my own enjoyment, but knowing that there's at least 1 reader in the world who is eager to read the next chapter is what keeps me coming back to the keyboard on a regular basis.
"As long as you approach that expectation as a healthy motivator, rather than a stressful burden, it’ll serve you well."
This is the two-edged sword. I am writing my second novel "live." Publishing chapters as I write them. There is a feeling of obligation. That I need to write a new chapter this week. Of course, that is self-inflicted. As no one is paying for it. But it is there in the back of my mind. I do better when I want to share what I have written rather than having people expecting it.
Great post, Simon. It's interesting you mention your background as a copywriter being useful. I've been a writer many years, but since writing sales copy, I'm much more confident and efficient regarding deadlines. Hence I'm thinking of starting a serial of my own!
Sales and marketing copy isn’t the most exciting stuff to write, but it does help to build a good discipline, I agree.
Thanks for sharing your thoughts on this. I like the feeling that someone might actually read what I've written. After decades of submission/rejection, this sense that someone might at least part of a story has given me new motivation to write.
That's great to hear! It certainly make a huge difference to me. I write for my own enjoyment, but knowing that there's at least 1 reader in the world who is eager to read the next chapter is what keeps me coming back to the keyboard on a regular basis.
"As long as you approach that expectation as a healthy motivator, rather than a stressful burden, it’ll serve you well."
This is the two-edged sword. I am writing my second novel "live." Publishing chapters as I write them. There is a feeling of obligation. That I need to write a new chapter this week. Of course, that is self-inflicted. As no one is paying for it. But it is there in the back of my mind. I do better when I want to share what I have written rather than having people expecting it.