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Don't mean to be morbid here but you better get busy if you want to write a bestselling novel. Life is short and you risk dying with the book still inside. Rarely a day passes that someone doesn't find out I'm a freelance writer and proceed to tell me about the great book idea they have. Sometimes it is. The desire to write a bestselling novel seems to be genetic. Everyone's got a story to tell - good, bad, or indifferent – but still a story to be told.
But crossing the gap between "wannabe writer" and "bestselling novelist" seems to be an insurmountable task for most. We usually short circuit our own success from the very beginning. My first word of advice is to stop telling everyone about the book you're going to write and sit down to write the darn thing.
One thing is certain, you'll never publish a bestselling novel if you don't write it first. Thinking about it constantly, resolving plot points in your head, imagining how a certain character talks, taking notes of countless details you encounter in real life – all a complete waste of time if you never actually write the book.
So, first order of business, write the book. That means pick a time to write every day and park yourself at the keyboard. There are a million different methods to accomplish the task of daily writing. Find one that works for you and stick to it. The key is to use whatever means necessary to motivate yourself to apply fingers to keyboard. If you're worried that it's going to stink, welcome to the club. Writing means giving yourself permission to write a horrible first draft. Don't worry. No one will see it but the cat in your lap. Just write it. Get it out of you. Relatively speaking, you're going to be dead soon and your heartbreaking work of staggering
Monday, 18 June 2012
The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying: The Spiritual Classic & International Bestseller
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