Business
My portfolio of articles and blog posts written about the business of writing
Writers: the Audience of Your Business Plan?
Who is the intended audience of your business plan?
Well, if you’re an established writer like Brandon Sanderson, L.E. Modesitt, or David Weber, and you have a business plan, the intended audience may include investors, publishers, fellow writers, employees… Of course, I’m guessing, as I remain unpublished.
While I hope you benefit indirectly from my business plan via this series, my business plan is primarily for my own benefit.
Look out for the next in the series where I discuss how my business plan benefits me in becoming a published novelist.
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What’s Your Writing Business?
Your Focus
How wide will you spread your net?
Going to concentrate just on that first novel? Are you going write short stories for publication? Sell articles online for money?
My Focus
- Writing fiction
- Other potential services (see below)
Business Plan Overview
Will this post help you with the business side of writing?
Despite my oh-so-limited time to spend on anything writing related, I am treating my writing as a business. I’ve had a business plan from the beginning. Not a professional, capture-venture-capital kind of business plan, but a comprehensive guide to my own efforts to be successful. It’s an ever-evolving document as I flesh out details.
This is the first in a series of posts about my business plan. Hope it helps!
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Writing is a Business: I Have to Talk to Other People?
Come on, you know you know some introverts or shy folks. Maybe you are even one yourself, like me.
The core of writing is a solitary pursuit, but most of us want financial return. Part of treating writing as a business is networking with other writers.
How do you go about this? What are some first steps? What options will work for you?
Many options exist. Here are a few:
Summer Hiatus and GDPR
In large part, I will be taking a break from social media during June and July. Work is underway for GDPR-compliance, as well as some thought about writing directions.
Have a great summer!
The Hidden Overhead of Writing as a Business
Writers first diving in to the business of becoming a published author may trip over unexpected business overhead. I have.
One doesn’t know what one doesn’t know.
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