Many writers are very successful and it begs the question, is there a specific factor that makes them so successful? Can that success factor be easily identified? And if it can how would I apply it to myself, as a writer and the article writing that I do? Find out the answers right now.
How do you start each day, enthusiastic and motivated to write?
Is it also with a good feeling for yourself and does your writing show it?
And can you maintain that feeling throughout the whole day?
Really successful writers feel good about their writing, they feel good about their readers, they feel good about their writing community and they feel good about the number of quality articles that they produce.
But they also feel good about their friends and family. In fact, they are feeling good with just about everything in their lives.
They don’t feel that way just because they are successful, it is part of them, whether they are writing or with family and friends, it makes no difference.
What they have is something that is called the feel good factor; it flows through them as naturally as the blood in their veins or the air in their lungs, it is an inherent part of their being and they are conscious of it in every day.
When you feel good, it shows itself in every conversation that you have with other people. So, how do they get this feel good factor?
Anyone can feel good for a short while, usually because of spontaneous humour, or having drinks with friends, or because of something special happening within their families.
But, as a writer, to be able to prolong that overall good feeling, you have to start to feel really good about yourself, not just about your writing or your physical attributes, but deep inside yourself.
You will need to get to know yourself really well, to like yourself and all the many things that you say and do. Getting to know yourself is about listening to your own words, as well as what others say about you. It is about listening to your instincts and responding accordingly.
Really knowing yourself is also about being frank and honest about yourself, identifying as many of your shortcomings as you can, as well as being realistic and not just proclaiming your strengths.
You should also be listening to all the constructive feedback that you receive from other writers and then making the changes to improve the quality of your writing and the richness of the content in your articles.
You will be surprised how good a feeling you get when you do all this, you will have a sense of lightness and you will start to make actions for the future of your writing, your life, your dreams and your destiny.
And once you really know yourself, you will be able to keep on feeling good and you would have discovered the success factor that you can then easily apply to your work and become a successful writer.
February 13th, 2009 at 4:32 pm
Great advice here, which I really need to take for myself.
February 13th, 2009 at 5:47 pm
I agree with everything you say here. There is a certain energy you have when you feel good about yourself. You know that energized feeling you get, that today you can take on the world!
February 14th, 2009 at 6:37 am
Very thought provoking.