The one thing most writers struggle with is quite surprising
Turns out, it’s not knowing how to turn a beautiful phrase.
It’s not coming up with ripper story ideas.
It’s not getting connected to editors and copywriting clients.
It’s confidence.
For nearly every writer I know and work with, confidence is the kryptonite, and the clincher.
Writers - even the super successful ones - get crippled with self doubt, they second guess themselves, they struggle with decision making.
Do any of these issues sound familiar?
The astonishing thing is despite how widespread this roadblock is, writers tend to keep these challenges to themselves.
What it’s led me to realise - including from my own experience - is that mindset is the key to enjoying a successful and rewarding career as a writer.
Working on mindset gives you tools to break free from perfectionism, indecision, imposter syndrome, procrastination and ultimately, a lack of confidence.
For the past 12 months I’ve been on my own journey with all of the above, with my business mentors. I’ve had some freeing breakthroughs and, through that and a whole bunch of other learnings, I’ve been able to deliver breakthroughs for my own mentorship clients.
If that sounds like something you’d get a lot out of, book in a call with me to chat it over.
There’s no obligation to sign up to anything, it’s just a chance for me to help you, and for you to see what I do (plus, school holidays are over and I finally have some time - yaaaay!).
Note: I’ll be offering this to my Instagram followers soon, and I only have a limited number of available slots, so book in asap if you want to chat. It’s free. What have you got to lose?
The link below will take you to a short jotform with three simple questions that will help focus our call. Fill them out and you’ll get a link to my calendar so you can book in direct. Easy!
3 things my mentorship clients are asking about (and you might find handy)
Q. Do I need to write for lots of publications to make money?
A. No. If you build strong relationships with editors over time, you only need a handful of outlets in your stable.
Q. Should I only write for online publications?
A. Typically, printed publications pay more per word. It’s smart to have a mix of online and printed, along with some copywriting and commercial work that will help boost your earnings. Tip: just because it’s commercial doesn’t mean it has to be boring.
Q. What’s wrong with using superlatives?
A. There’s a place for words like ‘amazing, incredible, awesome’ but if you can use a more accurate descriptive word, why wouldn’t you? Saying the view is amazing tells me nothing about what you’re actually in awe of seeing.
