Stand Tall: Building Credibility with Courageous Writing
Prioritize honesty, integrity, and accuracy in your writing. While that can feel daunting, it’s an effective way to build credibility and establish yourself as a thought leader in your field.
Prioritize honesty, integrity, and accuracy in your writing. While that can feel daunting, it’s an effective way to build credibility and establish yourself as a thought leader in your field.
The idea of staying inside your comfort zone – that safe, sheltered place where your dreams go to die – may bring a sense of security, but it stops you from growing, progressing and maturing as a writer.
Quitting is always a choice, no matter how badly I lie to myself in that moment. Refusing to make a decision is still a decision. It’s just not a decision that ever will turn your dreams into your everyday reality.
Your tribe of ideal readers – the individuals who appreciate your work and the heart and soul you poured into your book – are out there. If you face rejection today, it’s only because you haven’t identified them yet.
When you are determined to succeed no matter what roadblocks life throws up in front of you, you will write, finish and publish your book. It may feel like your dream of writing a book is an impossible mountain to climb in this moment.
Years ago, one young woman posted that she was terrified at the thought of hitting Publish. I asked why. ”I’m afraid nobody will read my book.”
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