Getting The Call Means Your Work Gets Harder

I think a lot of writers seem to think that once you get "the call" you life is finally going to be easy. This is far from the truth. It is also one of those reasons why I tell writers to really make sure you are ready to make the jump to professional writing before you start submitting.

Up until the call, you can take your writing from a leisurely approach. You have no deadlines, you can write what you want and certainly there is no one to pressure you. Your "online presence" is really a casual presence where you can blog about the things you want to talk about and not focus on the writing. Even trips to the bookstore are enjoyable and not about research and marketing.

Ahh, how things change.

It really is a tough shift moving to the professional writing realm. Now, along with making time for your writing, you will now have to consider time for that publicity, future planning, marketing and so forth. And yes, it takes time.

I was just talking to one of my writers today before posting this (she provided the inspiration) and she said she had spent the entire morning, time she had planned to write, on getting packages set up to go out to contests along with filling out countless online forms and dealing with Paypal for these contests. She had hoped to get a lot of writing done this morning and now the morning was gone. She was hoping to get the work now done after lunch.

This is what to expect.

I will say that the pressure of hoping someone will sign you goes away, but now the focus is on keeping that person.

Just some things to think about.

Have a great Thanksgiving.

Scott