Are You Writing Your Book for the Wrong Reasons?
Are You Writing Your Book for the Wrong Reasons?
So why are you writing your book? If you haven’t asked yourself this question in a while, now’s the time to do it. People write books for a variety of reasons, and in reality, as long as your reason keeps you writing, that’s great. But when you can’t seem to stay motivated, then maybe you’re not interested because you’re writing for the wrong reason. The following are some common reasons why you may be struggling to write your book.
Wrong Reason #1: You want to impress people—or a particular person.
Sure, people will be impressed by your book. But if that’s the only reason you want to write it, you should reexamine your motives, especially if you’re aiming for the approval of one particular person. People can be difficult to please, no matter what you do. What’s important is that you write your book for you.
Wrong Reason #2: You want to make money fast and easy.
Yes, some authors are millionaires. But a lot of work and experience go into success like that—it doesn’t happen overnight and it usually doesn’t happen to beginners. So if you’re writing a book to get rich quick, you’re crazy. Writing a book—especially a bestseller—requires a big investment of time, effort, and oftentimes money.
Wrong Reason #3: You want to be famous overnight.
Like a few authors are rich, only a few are famous. You’ll only be disappointed if fame is the reason you’re writing your book. Although it’s possible, you’re book probably won’t be a bestseller, especially not overnight. It takes time and persistence in marketing to build up a readership and achieve bestseller status. If you’re seeking instant fame, the amount of work required to market a book to that level of success will probably discourage you.
So Why Should You Write a Book?
Plenty of reasons: you should write a book because you can’t stop thinking about it; people have told you for years that you should write a book, and deep down you know they’re right; and you should write a book because you’re at a point in your career where you know it will benefit you.
Deciding to write a book is a huge decision—it’s a project that takes over your life and that can ultimately change your life. But doing it for the wrong reasons will only disappoint you. As long as you’re writing a book for the right reasons, you’ll be successful.
Are You Writing Your Book for the Wrong Reasons - To learn more about this author, visit Melinda Copp's Website.
Like this article? Share it with your friends
Have you been struggling to finish your book? If you’ve been working on the project for what seems like forever, and made little or no progress, you might need to reconsider your motive for taking on the project in the first place.
So why are you writing your book? If you haven’t asked yourself this question in a while, now’s the time to do it. People write books for a variety of reasons, and in reality, as long as your reason keeps you writing, that’s great. But when you can’t seem to stay motivated, then maybe you’re not interested because you’re writing for the wrong reason. The following are some common reasons why you may be struggling to write your book.
Wrong Reason #1: You want to impress people—or a particular person.
Sure, people will be impressed by your book. But if that’s the only reason you want to write it, you should reexamine your motives, especially if you’re aiming for the approval of one particular person. People can be difficult to please, no matter what you do. What’s important is that you write your book for you.
Wrong Reason #2: You want to make money fast and easy.
Yes, some authors are millionaires. But a lot of work and experience go into success like that—it doesn’t happen overnight and it usually doesn’t happen to beginners. So if you’re writing a book to get rich quick, you’re crazy. Writing a book—especially a bestseller—requires a big investment of time, effort, and oftentimes money.
Wrong Reason #3: You want to be famous overnight.
Like a few authors are rich, only a few are famous. You’ll only be disappointed if fame is the reason you’re writing your book. Although it’s possible, you’re book probably won’t be a bestseller, especially not overnight. It takes time and persistence in marketing to build up a readership and achieve bestseller status. If you’re seeking instant fame, the amount of work required to market a book to that level of success will probably discourage you.
So Why Should You Write a Book?
Plenty of reasons: you should write a book because you can’t stop thinking about it; people have told you for years that you should write a book, and deep down you know they’re right; and you should write a book because you’re at a point in your career where you know it will benefit you.
Deciding to write a book is a huge decision—it’s a project that takes over your life and that can ultimately change your life. But doing it for the wrong reasons will only disappoint you. As long as you’re writing a book for the right reasons, you’ll be successful.
Are You Writing Your Book for the Wrong Reasons - To learn more about this author, visit Melinda Copp's Website.
Like this article? Share it with your friends
 | |
 |
No article feedback found. |
| |
Leave Your Feedback |
 | |
| |||
Leanne Hoagland-SmithAre your sales where you want them to be? Will you be one of the few who achieves sales or business success or one of the many who have failed to change? Are you tired of being told you are like everyone else? Then you may find my first book on sales of interest. Be the Red Jacket in the Sea of Gray Suits, The Keys to Unlocking Sales available at Amazon or at http://www.processspecialist.com/red-jacket.htm. This book is a reflection of my no-nonsense approach to improving sales to overall business results. If you are truly committed to making sustainable changes, then I can help you secure a positive return on your investment because I focus on executable solutions not telling you the problems you already know you have. From training to corporate (group) coaching to executive one on one coaching, my approach is to assess, create awareness, build a goal driven action plan and then execute. The bottom line question is "Not do you or your employees know it, but do you or they want to do it?" Please call for a free strategy session at 219.759.5601. - Visit Leanne Hoagland-Smith's Website |
|||
Dianne CramptonDianne Crampton is an executive leadership coach, team culture consultant, author and president of TIGERS Success Series, Inc. Dianne has been helping CEO's and Executives connect their employees to their core values and goals for over 20 years using the trademarked TIGERS team culture process, which stands for trust, interdependence, genuineness, empathy, risk and success. To download a free white paper on behaviors that build strong teams and behaviors that will predictably tear them down go here. Dianne's contribution to the 2010 Pfeiffer Consulting Journal (an imprint of John Wiley and Sons Publishers) entitled TIGERS Hearted Teams is available in November 2009. Her new book TIGERS Among Us: 5 Winning Business Team Cultures And Why, Three Creeks Publishing will release in March 2010. To receive publishing discounts, subscribe to the free TigerTracks Newsletter here. - Visit Dianne Crampton's Website |
|||
|
To learn more about the Evan Elite Author Program please contact us. | |||
 | |
|  |
Subscribe to Melinda's articles
 | |
|
|  |
 | |
|
| |
 | ||
 |
||
 |
||
 |
||
|
| ||
 |
| Have you written articles that would be of value to entrepreneurs? Become an expert on our site by publishing them! Expose yourself to a wide audience, drive more traffic to your website and get more sales! Click Here for details. |
|
|
 |
| Modeling the Masters: Learn the true secrets behind Walt Disney's business success factors & grow your company! Video produced by Phanta Media |
|
|
 |
"Learn straight from Evan how you can Make a Full Time Income (And More) from a Website"
Click Here To Learn More |
|
|
|
|
Get advice & tips from famous business owners, new articles by entrepreneur experts, my latest website updates, & special sneak peaks at what's to come!
|
|
 |
 Campaigns to Customers Instant Brochures Become a Better Closer! Mental Imagery Interview Coaching |
|
 | ||
 |
Top 50 Debt Blogs
Learn To Get Out Of Debt | |
 |
Top 50 SEO Posts - 2008
Top SEO Posts of the Year | |
| ||
 | ||||
| ||||
|
| ||||
| ||||
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||||
|
Email us your ideas on how to make our website more valuable! Thank you Sharon from Toronto Salsa Lessons / Classes for your suggestions to make the newsletter look like the website and profile younger entrepreneurs like Jennifer Lopez and Sean Combs!
|
|
|
| ||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||