Ways to Train Your Brain to Get What You Want
In April 2015, I got serious about my goal to become a professional writer
Source | www.inc.com | BENJAMIN HARDY
In April 2015, I got serious about my goal to become a professional writer. I had written an e-book, Slipstream Time Hacking, and was anxious to know how to traditionally publish it. At that time, I had just barely put up my own website and had a subscriber base of zero.
I decided literary agents would be my best source of advice. After all, they know the publishing industry back-and-forth?–?or so I thought. After talking to five to 10 agents about their coaching programs, it became apparent my questions would need to be answered elsewhere.
One particular conversation sticks out.
To be even considered by agents and publishers, writers need to already have a substantial readership (i.e., a platform). I told one of the agents my goal was to have 5,000 blog subscribers by the end of 2015. She responded, “That would not be possible from where you currently are. These things take time. You will not be able to get a publisher for three to five years. That’s just the reality.”