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Non-Creative Overwhelm
As a creative, the non-creative aspects of the business of writing can be overwhelming.
I am passionate about my art.
More than that, though, I have taken my art and turned it into my business. My brand is the writing I do on all the various levels where I get to do it.
Though my first love is fiction, the nonfiction I write is also important to me. That’s why I blog regularly and write these weekly articles about the business of writing.
Presently, I have ramped up my fiction writing work. Because of this, I have successfully written two whole novels (hovering in the 50,000-word range) over a little more than 2 months. Part of this has been due to a new practice that came of working as a plotter for the first time; part from using NaNoWriMo as the impetus to get a novel finished in 30 days (which I did in 26).
Though I have learned over the years what goes into the formatting for articles online — as well as novels, and how to get my ebooks and paperbacks onto Amazon — to go to the next level requires non-creative work.
What does that mean? Let me clarify that here.
