How To Get Published: Eight Surefire Steps For Writing Success

o get published? That’s the big moneygreatest success.
question for writers. Writing is fulfilling in and of5. Write with feeling.
itself, but every writer ultimately wants to learnWriting is all about emotion. If your writing lacks
how to get published.emotion, it will be flat and uninteresting. You must
A lot of writers think getting published is a matterknow your own feelings about what
of luck. Or it’s a matter of knowing theyou’re writing, and you must also know
right person. Or it’s a matter of simplywhat feeling you want to evoke in your reader.
being born a brilliant writer.Keep these emotions in mind as you write.
Although all of the above will help you get6. Fill your writing with just the right details.
published, you don’t have to have any ofDetail is essential to great writing, but too much
these things. You can LEARN how to getdetail can bury good writing under a layer of
published.distraction that turns the writing dull. When you
When you follow The Eight Steps Success Planlearn to create the perfect balance of
For Writers, you’ll no longer wonder howdetails—just enough, but not too much, you
to get published. You’ll BE published.become a writer who can easily get published.
Here’s The Eight Steps Success Plan ForYou can choose the perfect details by knowing
Writers:what it is you want your reader to focus on. For
1. Create a successful writer’s mindset.example, in a scene with a man and a woman in
To have a successful writer’s mindset,a bar, you could focus on the details of the brawl
you must know where you want to go with yourgoing on behind them or you could focus on the
writing. A goal of getting published isn’tdetails of their fingertips touching. If it’s an
enough. You must have a laser-focused intention.action story, you’d choose the brawl. A
Use visualization to keep that intention at theromance story would be better focused on the
forefront of your mind.fingertips.
You must also take an inventory of your beliefsSome writers try and describe everything in a
about writing. Any negative beliefs about writingscene in great detail. This just bogs down the
will get in the way of your publishing success.writing. Choose details carefully and then describe
Turn any negative beliefs to their opposite andthem well.
make them positive beliefs that will serve you.7. Make your writing hypnotic.
Once you have your intention, which you nurture“Hypnotic writing” is a term
with visualization, and your positive beliefs,created by author, Joe Vitale. It’s a
you’ve established a success mindset thatwonderful term that explains how a writer must
will help you get published.be able to write in a way that grabs and holds a
2. Develop the habit of journaling regularly.reader. You must have the ability to mesmerize
Journal writing isn’t just for memoiryour reader.
writers. Every serious writer MUST keep a journal.You create hypnotic writing with the use of short
It is a tool that will improve your ability to noticephrases, the use of rhythm, and pacing. You also
the events in your world. Good writers are goodcreate it with perfect word choice and a constant
observers.awareness that your writing must be for the
It is also a tool that helps you mine yourreader.
emotions and thoughts. Writing is revealing. If youUnderstand that the reader always has in mind as
don’t understand yourself, your writing willhe or she reads, “What’s in this
seem flat and uninteresting. Get to know yourself,for me?” When you write with that
and you create a goldmine of emotion andawareness, you can make word choices that will
thought that will make your writing rich.make your writing hypnotic.
Creating rich prose is a key to how to get8. Always have a writing plan.
published.An absolutely essential element of writing success
3. Practice writing daily.is motivation. You must be able to stay
The other way to improve your writing daily is bymotivated to start and finish your writing
doing a daily practice. Writing is like playing aprojects.
musical instrument. You must practice in order toMany writers fail for lack of motivation.
improve.Procrastination and writer’s block are two
The easiest writing practice to do is timedcommon writing career killers.
writings. Choose a length of time (at least 5You can avoid both procrastination and
minutes; more is better). Set a timer and justwriter’s block by always having your
write.projects planned out. Create a short term and a
The only rule to timed writings is don’tlong term plan. List the projects you want to do
stop for any reason. If you can’t think ofthis week, this month, and this year. Once
anything to say, write, “I can’tyou’ve created the list, get out your
think of anything to say.” But KEEPcalendar and make a schedule for how you can
WRITING! The flow of words limbers up yourcomplete your projects.
creative pathways.Creative people have a tendency to resist
4. Understand your strengths and weaknessesstructure, but the irony is that structure can
and write to your strengths.actually enhance creativity. So be willing to
Every writer has specific strengths andstructure your writing time.
weaknesses. For example, my style is spare andThat’s it--The Eight Steps Success Plan
direct. I wouldn’t do well as a literaryFor Writers.
fiction author. I am better suited for genre fictionThese steps are not a quick-fix publishing solution.
and direct nonfiction.They won’t turn you into J.K. Rowling
Discover what you do well as a writer and beovernight. But The Eight Steps Success Plan For
okay with what you don’t do well. WhenWriters will, if you work the steps diligently, turn
you know yourself as a writer, you can chooseyou into a quality writer. It is also the foundation
the projects with which you can have theof how to get published.