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The First Book: Six Lessons from a Debut Author
Here are my favorite of the 6:
TIP #4: FEELINGS SCHMEELINGS!
Your work ethic should have nothing to do with how you feel, or whatever else is going on in your life. Feelings come and go. Situations change. You work ethic, however, is a constant because it is an attitude. A good work ethic is one that commits you to a realistic routine suited to your goals and situation. …
TIP #5: WAITING TIME IS WASTED TIME
Don’t have time to write? Waiting for inspiration – or an ideal situation? Well, as the saying goes, time is not something that you have – it’s something that you make. Likewise, situations don’t write – people do. …
TIP #6: CONFIDENCE IS A VERB
Like time, confidence is not necessarily something that you have. To avoid crippling self-doubt, pretend confidence is a verb – something that you do. Understand that confidence doesn’t come from self-regard (that’s arrogance). It comes from showing yourself what you’re capable of by trying things. Hence the age-old advice: ‘Fake it till you make it.’ …
Try again. Fail again. Fail better. –Worstward Ho by Samuel Beckett
Read all of the tips here:
https://www.aerogrammestudio.com/2018/06/12/the-first-book-six-lessons-from-a-debut-author/
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