10 Habits of Highly Successful Writers

We all want to be

successful

authors, but what does it take? Hello guys and welcome back to my channel. Consider subscribing. Yes. I can see that you have not subscribed. So hit that button because I post new videos every week and go ahead and give this. video, a thumbs up if you like this type of content if you like this type of video, many of the points I'm making here today actually apply to both traditionally published authors and self-published authors, these are things I've noticed . I have read or learned through personal experience. If you're interested in writing courses, I'm developing several right now and if you want to be on the beta team or be the first to know about my upcoming courses, maybe I'll get some discounts, the link to sign up is below, okay, let's jump in here, there's 10

habits

of

highly

successful

authors, number one, you promote yourself all the time, it is very important to interact with your fans to help you build your name in the book world and Many people think that I used to think that this does not apply to traditionally published authors and that publishers take care of all the marketing and that is not true, every author must promote themselves, it does not matter if you are traditionally or self-published, and this can be by attending events where book signings are held. , just talking about his books and creating marketing creatives by creating something like a youtube channel.

If you want to be successful, you must be involved in marketing your books and promoting yourself. You may decide to pay someone if you want them to do this for you, but you still need to be active online and available to chat with your fans. Number two, you're disciplined, it's important to treat writing like a job and hold yourself accountable if you decide you want to publish your book, let's say, and in December you know you'll need your final draft maybe by November. If you go back, you may decide that your first draft needs to be finished by June, which means that by April, May, and June you need to write a thousand words a day, so what do you do?

You sit down and write to stay on track because if you don't do it now you won't meet your deadlines. Writing a novel is a huge task and it is one that has to be worked on over a long period of time, this means that if you take two weeks off, you will feel it when push comes to shove. Later, save yourself that stress by being disciplined and knowing that staying the course today means you won't. stay behind tomorrow number three you keep going every day similar to the last point success doesn't happen overnight, even authors who seem to have made it big out of nowhere with their first novel didn't get there overnight probably passed years working on that specific novel and then much more time perfecting your craft of writing, even if you don't actually write something every day, you can also work on your business or marketing your book, regardless of whether you know that your success in four years is achieved if you keep moving forward now every single day, the publishing world is not so much a race to the finish line but a slow and steady progress towards success.

Keep moving forward every day and one day you will wake up exactly where you dreamed you were going to be number four. You Accept Feedback Gracefully You Can't Learn If You Don't Accept Feedback Many of us

writers

start out and become extremely defensive when we receive any type of feedback on our writing and this does not lead to long-term success as a writer. The easiest way to improve your writing is to have others read your work and give you feedback. This may be difficult at first, but a very important thing to do is ask for feedback and realize that you are opening the door to criticism in order to do so.

To grow as a writer, many of us developed this fear of feedback in grade school when we didn't really have a choice and whether or not we wanted someone else's opinion on something, it was simply necessary, but now we can reach out and ask. to receive feedback and just asking makes you more open to receiving constructive criticism with grace number five you prioritize recharge time it's easy to experience burnout in almost anything except writing, especially many of us can run, but be a successful author It means pacing yourself and part of that is making sure you keep your physical and creative energy high.

Skipping this recharge time is practically a guaranteed way to suffer exhaustion one day. Many of us feel that recharge time is a waste of time. I recharge by watching movies and TV shows that many people categorize as taking up my time are productive because they recharge me, and learning to accept that and not feel guilty about it will allow you to continue your writing trend in the long run, it will. more sustainable. Number six. You are always learning and improving read everything write books fiction books books outside your typical genre if you find and read a book you really like analyze why you learn from it watch YouTube videos pay for the courses go to the library if you find out what has happened a while Since you've read a craft book, take the time to review your technique and process.

You never know if something will improve your process until you try it, so learn and practice so you can improve. You may feel like you have things figured out, but you always need to learn the number seven you're looking forward to so you can prepare. Even if you're not a successful writer, marketing and publishing a book plan takes time, but it can often be done. Combine with your next project. momentum increases if you only focus on one at a time you will have larger gaps between your release events, they also need to be planned and scheduled so you don't accidentally have a release week right after a full week of travel, there is a a lot of moving pieces when you're promoting a new release and that requires some organization to be prepared in advance and know what you need to do to get what will keep you on track to achieve all of your writing goals.

I feel like You're moving through this number eight pretty quickly, you can say no, there are so many events, so many opportunities to get out there as an author, but writing and publishing should be priority number one. I have a huge fear, FOMO, of missing out, which I believe. A lot of people feel like a sneeze is coming and a lot of people have that anyway, so this is hard for me, but I've said no to some things and I'll do it again, there will probably be more authoritarianism. participate and next year, if you say no now, but the same goes for personal obligations, it's okay to say no for a long time.

I felt guilty RSVPing to a wedding, but if I can't make it, then I can. I don't make it work and my husband and I are working on saying no more often, for many reasons, our mental sanity, for one, but also my business, number nine, you reinvest a lot of the money I've made into your author business. earned as an author has been reinvested in my business and that is totally normal for first books, don't panic, it takes some time to gain enough momentum to succeed as an author, but successful authors know that they need to reinvest in themselves.

And to grow your business even more, this is true for both traditionally published and self-published authors; One day you'll have that breakthrough novel, but succeeding in publishing takes time, you're in it for the long haul and that means being afraid to reinvest in your business, so the warning about this may be raised even further, although successful authors They also do their research and don't just waste your money in an effort to reinvest for the sake of it, so be smart about it. Thick skin, this is a lot like taking feedback gracefully, but in general, successful authors have thicker skin.

Querying your novel almost always means you'll face a lot of rejection, if you let this get to you too much it will stop you from querying altogether, so having a thicker skin keeps you moving forward and some comments you get won't be pleasant. Some reviews will not be pleasant. Having a YouTube channel or an online platform means receiving bad comments sometimes, but having thick skin means you won't allow it. Negativity affects your work, it is very easy to focus on the bad and although this is a habit of successful authors, it is not just a black and white habit, it is not one hundred percent or zero.

Writers who are generally excellent at this can find themselves victims of feelings. depressed about what you write because of what someone said, it's something to work on all the time, but you keep moving forward every day towards all your goals knowing that you will eventually reach them, you're okay, that's all I have for you today . I hope this video has been very useful. Comment below with your own observations about successful authors and perhaps some lessons you've learned. I'm always trying to improve and I'm sure everyone else would love to hear what you have to say. Consider subscribing. to my channel for more writing related videos, hit the notification bell to make sure you get notified and then like this video because it helps support my channel and I would really appreciate it. below, as always, and a link to my podcast, the happy writing podcast, which I pretty much post there every week, okay, I'll see you next week, bye.