4. Stuff that I’ve Done
Won the 6th grade spelling bee
Peed my pants (on purpose... in college)
Appeared on Italian TV
Lived in a van for a year
Ran a half marathon
Got married
5. Stuff that I Do
Work at a nonprofit
Blog (goinswriter.com)
Tweet (@jeffgoins)
Play guitar
Run
Write
6. What Nobody Ever Tells You
about Writing
It’s harder than you think
It’s not enough to be good
Nobody cares about you
It’s more about who you
know than what you know
You have to love doing it
7. “THERE IS NOTHING TO WRITING. ALL
YOU DO IS SIT DOWN AT A TYPEWRITER
AND BLEED.” —ERNEST HEMINGWAY
8. “TALENT ALONE CANNOT MAKE A WRITER.
THERE MUST BE A MAN [OR WOMAN] BEHIND
THE BOOK.” —RALPH WALDO EMERSON
18. What You Get
Book deals (without the proposal)
Magazine offers (without a query letter)
Free stuff
Interview opportunities
Chances to connect with other writers
19. What to Do Now
Start a blog (Wordpress.com)
Connect with people on Twitter and Facebook
Build a newsletter list (Mailchimp.com)
Create awesome stuff
Start small and build
20. “THIS BUSINESS OF... BEING A WRITER IS
ULTIMATELY ABOUT ASKING YOURSELF, ‘HOW
ALIVE AM I WILLING TO BE?’” —ANNE LAMOTT