The Arcanum To Writing Achiever
- Posted by Essays Blog in Essays Blog |
- September 26th, 2009 |
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I have a friend who has enjoyed a long booming career as a published novelist. More than once we took part in the same panel at a writer’s conference. Whenever it came time to field questions from the audience I came to expect — actually anticipate — that any bright-eyed, eager novice would direct a particular question at my friend. It wasn’t so much the question that I anticipated as her answer.
The question would always be any activity of “What is the arcanum to your achiever?” We all knew it would happen and we would always guard back and let my friend handle it. Not only because she was the most booming among us, but because she had the best answer.
My friend would always play to the audience. She’d lean forward conspiratorially, check to make careful the doors were closed, and depone the audience to secretiveness. So she’d repeat the question and pause for a few dramatic heartbeats and answer: “The BIC Method!”
Those of us in on the arcanum would begin to grin at this point, but it wasn’t until she explained the BIC method that the other writers would get the joke. You accompany BIC stands real simply for Butt In Chair.
Yes, her writing achiever is that simple. Placing her bottom on the chair in front of her computer and writing every day — whether or not she was in the mood, whether or not she was motivated, whether or not she was inspired, and whether or not she had a paid writing gig.
Regular writing improves the quality of your writing by giving you the chance to hone your skills and experiment with new methods. Writing regularly also generates greater quantity — in cardinal distance. First, obviously simply disciplining yourself to generate cardinal or four or ten pages a day will quickly add up in quantity, but the more disciplined you become about this regular production the easier it will be to achieve your minimum and you can keep escalate your daily goal accordingly.
Improving the quality of your writing and generating more writing projects gives you that much more to market to the reading and publishing public and hence increases your chances of writing achiever.
It really is that simple and it really isn’t a arcanum. Most booming writers know the BIC method is key to their achiever.
Of course any of those eager-beaver beginners don’t deprivation to believe in the BIC method because it actually involves activity and discipline. They’d rather believe it was as simple as dreaming up a catchy pseudonym. But if you have become a writer because you love it so the BIC method is the best possible news. Simply keep on doing what you love and you can make your dreams come accurate.