Challenge Yourself to Set a Long Goal
31-Day Ninja Writer Challenge 2019: Day Eleven
I know that a lot of you are planning on giving NaNoWriMo a go this year. And some of you, if you finish your novel, want to self-publish it at least in part because it’s considerably faster than the molasses-slow traditional publishing process.
There’s this feeling sometimes that we have to slam out a novel and get it on Amazon as fast as humanly possible.
I want to make a case today for looking further into the future.
Here’s a quote from a great article written by author Hugh Howey:
My plan was to write two novels a year for ten years before I ascertained whether or not I had a chance of making this work. . . . If you set a long term plan like this, and stick with it, you will succeed. Because you’ll find yourself in the top 0.1% of aspiring writers. 99.9% of your colleagues will drop out before they finish their plan. But you’ll outwork them.
I love that.
What he’s saying here is that if you set a long game goal for yourself and stick with it, you’ll win simply by virtue of working harder than everyone else.
You’ll win, because you’re still there.
