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Can Today Be the First Day of the Rest of Your Writing Career?
Keep this in mind when you debate if you should start a writing career and creating — or not.
I’ve met a lot of would-be writers over the years.
Numerous people who have said in one form or another, wow, I really want to write — or — I have this great idea for a story — or — I’d love to be a writer, but — or similar.
Likewise, I’ve encountered this with other creatives. They have a vision, a dream, some idea or other that they desire to do — but — they haven’t a clue where to start.
As the song Do-Re-Mi from The Sound of Music opens,
“Let’s start at the very beginning — a very good place to start.”
What does that mean? It means the only place to begin is at the beginning.
Everyone starts as a beginner
Every single creative, entrepreneurial, subject matter expert, and all else started as a beginner.
That’s hard to see today. Lots of people appear to be insta-famous because of the visceral immediacy of the internet and social media. I mean, who heard of “influencers” in relation to Tik Tok or Instagram just a few…
