What does it take to be a career writer? Several things come to mind:
- Patience
- Guts
- A professional mindset
- Hard work
- A thick skin
- Belief in yourself
- The ability to live on practically nothing, an ability that may only be necessary for a brief time but that might be permanent because writers today earn, on average, half of what they earned just 10 years ago due to the many easily available free books.
- A tiny bit of ability helps but is not as important as the first 7 things.
- A tiny bit of creativity but is not as important as the first 7 things.
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I Love your posts Florence, you give such very helpful tips and pointers! God Bless you . Take Good Care of yourself and may your recovery from your surgery be speedy. God Bless you.
Thanks and it’s very, very minor surgery. Thank goodness.