Below are continued thoughts from Chip macGregor’s presentation on From Wannabe to Published Author . In depth information on these notes can be found at Chip’s website.

Becoming an expert takes at least 10,000 hours of hard work.

Hemmingway always ended his writing day in the middle of a sentence. When he started the next day, he had to finish the sentence and that gave him the push to be off and running.

There is money to be made in copy editing. Contact publishing houses and request a copy editing test.

There a many job opportunities for writers willing to write content for websites.

4B + 24 mo = RJ – Four published books plus 24 months of contracted writing equals a real job.

Generally a writer has four to five novels completely done before getting a contract.

Definations:

Genre fiction has rules which must be obeyed.

Literary fiction has characters I like who are tossed into the worst situations and it brings up the big questions of life. Literary fiction has the potential to change the reader.

Non-Fiction has some entertainment value, especially with memoirs.

Memoirs happen over time with reflection about a change in the person’s life

The core of non-fiction is Problem/Solution.

Today all writers, fiction and non-fiction, must have a platform. A platform is the touch points an author has with any given group.