Three Ways to Make Resistance Irrelevant and Win the Struggle to Create and Market Your Art
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Be Afraid. Be Very Afraid. NOT.
The single biggest reason you haven’t written a book, or don’t blog, or haven’t written a letter to a loved one, for that matter, is fear.
Yeah, I know; you’re busy. You can’t think of what to write. The dog ate your computer. As I used to say to my middle daughter, what-HEV-urrr.
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Growing Followers
Your blog and newsletter (oh, please tell me you have both!) are where your fans get to know you as a person and develop the connection which will ensure their fandom for life.
List-growing is all the rage. More more more. Ask these folks “Are you looking for more followers, or better followers?” and they’ll universally say “Both!”
Consider the concept of focus: it’s not possible, with our eyes or our mind, to focus on two things at once. That’s just not what focus means.
When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Have a Decision to Make
What about pausing when the writing gets hard? Ah; this is a place for nice judgment and some brain science.
When a mental project such as solving a puzzle or overcoming a design challenge becomes difficult, there are two options: push through, or take a break to allow your unconscious to gnaw on the problem without your pesky conscious mind interfering.
How does one know when to do which?