13 Pieces Of Advice For Long-term Writing Career Growth

1. Put most of your energy into becoming a better writer.

2. Put the next most amount of energy into getting comfortable selling your work.

3. Once you get comfortable selling your work, start getting used to selling yourself.

4. Build a body of work over time that you can be proud of and display it all with pride.

5. When you are ready to take your career public, invest in professional quality headshots.

6. Avoid seeking short-cuts because they will only undermine your confidence in the long-run. Slow and steady wins the race.

7. Associate with the most-professional people possible. Avoid drains, negative nellies, and piggy-backers.

8. Grow into your career. As you begin to excel at things, make sure others know it.

9. Always be aiming for targets you know you can hit.

10. Always be aiming for targets just past your last greatest success.

11. Keep hitting all the targets in the middle too.

12. Don’t look for others to appreciate your work if you don’t appreciate it yourself.

13. Make sure what you end up doing every day is what you enjoy doing most.

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