Bryan Hutchinson

No matter what your personal ambitions are as a writer, there will always be play-it-safers who tell you writing is a bad choice, it’s not worth it, there’s no money in it and, well, basically you need to lower your expectations and live down here with the rest of us. Don’t listen to them.

Have you ever surprised yourself? You know, did something far better than you expected and yet, you don’t have a clue as to how you did it? I bet you have. How did that make you feel? Pretty good and yet, pretty confused, I’m sure.

What’s the secret to knocking your work out of the park?

Jealousy. It’s in you. We all have a dark side. The dark side of the writer is powerful. You must learn to use it for the good of your writing.

I believe in keeping your goals for writing and for life, simple, and if you do that, goal-setting and goal-management doesn’t require software. In fact, you can do it with a single index card.

I’m happy to announce Positive Writer’s 4th Writing Contest. This contest is all about you.

Note: This is a guest post by Bryan Cohen. He is an author, a podcaster, and a coach. His 40+ books have been downloaded nearly half a million times. If you’re interested in finding out more about selling, pick up a free cheat sheet on the subject at sellingforauthors.com

Most authors believe they’re no good at selling.