So, you’re taking this writing thing seriously. You want to develop it into a business and a career.
What are the pieces to operating a writing business? How are you going to do so?
Here are the sections in my operations plan:
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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.
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For 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.
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My 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:
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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intended audience may include investors, publishers, fellow writers, employees… Of course, I’m guessing, as I remain unpublished.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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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?
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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