They became successful writers
THE PRINCIPLE
Working hard is just as important as working smart
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution ran an interview with Peter Bowerman, who is a commercial writer and author of The Well-Fed Writer. There was one sentence that really struck me as revealing the key element of success:
‘I began my writing career in January 1994 by making more than 1,000 phone calls to seek commercial writing jobs … by May, I was paying all my bills.’
This is where the rubber meets the road: Action!
- A thousand phone calls
- A hundred query letters
- Fifty meetings
And a bunch of manuscripts, screenplays, articles or other projects where you learn what you’re doing before one sells.
And let’s not forget preparation. An even bigger ...
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