In the plan’s novel production process, I created a visual for the steps from draft to book ready.
Hope this helps you.
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In the plan’s novel production process, I created a visual for the steps from draft to book ready.
Hope this helps you.
Continue readingFor my products, I have separate file, a MS Word document at the moment, that tracks works in progress and works on hold.
The production process will cover the entire lifetime of a work. Right now, it covers up through digital publication.
Continue readingMy business plan’s introduction also serves me as a notes area where I can capture needed future advisors, tips, writing group advice, resources, and more.
Take a look.
Continue reading Copyright secured by Digiprove © 2019 Cindy Rae JohnsonEver hear the advice to concentrate on one genre? While that has its benefits, don’t be afraid to try to write across genres. You’d be in good company.
Here’s a list of multi-genre authors, some of whom may you surprise you:
Continue readingMy business plan is meant almost solely for my use (aren’t you glad I’m sharing?), so note the format is more fluid, in more of a rough draft state.
Here’s some excerpts:
Continue reading Copyright secured by Digiprove © 2019 Cindy Rae JohnsonExperts talk about writing every day, or having a writing goal per week, or even praise writers who work the job as close to full-time as they can get.
Yet, so many of us struggling as writers fit our writing into fractions of time throughout a season of life, around kids, chores, full-time jobs, crises, tragedy, and trauma.
Is it possible to become a successful writer when your time spent writing is scattered over various minutes stolen here and there in a demanding life?
Continue reading Copyright secured by Digiprove © 2019 Cindy Rae JohnsonWell, 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intended audience may include investors, publishers, fellow writers, employees… Of course, I’m guessing, as I remain unpublished.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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