Time has to happen

It's one of the hardest things to internalize about building a writing career, and also why we need to get started developing a strategy now.

Hi,

Too often in life, the answer to “why am I not having success?” is that time has to happen. It is the not satisfying so most teachers and coaches will never say that part out loud, which leaves writers thinking that something must be broken in their own process.

So, I’ll say the quiet part out loud. Even if you have a perfect strategy, it doesn’t matter until you execute it.

• If you want to make $100k in 2024, guess what? The whole year still has to happen.

• If you want 10,000 new subscribers in the next six months, guess what? You have to set metrics and plod through a lot of muck to get there.

• If you want to write 12 books this year, guess what? You actually have to write those books, and it takes time.

We often operate with the belief that if we have the right plan, success will follow quickly. But time is an inevitable factor that no one can circumvent.

This has become a mantra for me at Writer MBA, because a conference is the ultimate “time has to happen product.” Even though pe…