Hey, it’s Paul. How was your weekend?
This weekend my wife and I watched “It”.
I’m not a fan of horror movies, but this one was good.
In fact, it was so good that as soon as the movie ended, I walked around the corner to Barnes & Nobles to buy the book.
Have you read Stephen King’s “It”?
It’s a BIG honkin’ book with well over 1,000 pages.
And it’s just one of Stephen King’s many bestsellers.
As of September 2017, Stephen King has published 57 books. All of them bestsellers.
He’s sold 350 million copies of his books. And earns about $40 million per year.
In other words, Stephen King was written a TON of words that people will happily pay good money to read.
So what’s his secret?
Stephen King actually revealed his secrets to writing success in a 1988 article titled “Everything You Need to Know About Writing Successfully -- in Ten Minutes”.
The article originally appeared in The Writer’s Digest but you can find copies floating around online if you look.
But the gist of article is this:
1. Be talented. As Mr. King says: “If you wrote something for which someone sent you a check, if you cashed the check and it didn’t bounce, and if you then paid the light bill with the money, I consider you talented.”
I can tell you from my own personal experience that you need only a fraction of Stephen King’s talent to get paid for your writing. (Thank goodness!)
2. Know the markets. If you want to be paid for you writing, you need to write something people are willing to pay for. Seems like an obvious point, right? But it’s an obvious point that a lot of people miss.
Whether you’re a copywriter, blogger, fiction writer, whatever -- write to market. Keep a diary if you want to write for yourself.
3. Write, dammit! Stephen King has published 57 books, 200 short stories, and gobs of articles and essays. The dude is PROLIFIC. So how does he get so much writing done?
Simple: by giving himself a daily writing goal.
Stephen King’s goal is to write 2,000 words per day and he’s said “only under dire circumstances do I allow myself to shut down before I get my 2,000 words.”
If you’re a paid writer, or you want to become a paid writer, nothing -- and I mean NOTHING -- is more important than writing daily.
But how?
Writing daily can be a struggle when you’ve got a 9-to-5, family, responsibilities around the house, life, and everything else flying towards you at a million miles a minute.
If you struggle, as I have, to get in your 2,000 words (or even 200 hundred words) per day, what can you do to increase your writing productivity?
Well, I’ve actually recorded a couple of audio trainings at Just Add Hustle designed to help you do just that.
The first audio training is with Katharine Grubb, the 10 Minute Novelist.
Katharine wrote and traditionally published a novel while ALSO homeschooling five kids under the age of eight. That’s amazing!
And if your challenge is fitting your writing into a busy life schedule, you’ll want to check out this audio training:
>> How To Make Time For Your Writing (click to listen!)
The second audio training is with Chris Fox.
Chris created a simple system that allows him to crank out 3,000+ words per HOUR.
And writing that many words per hour has completely transformed Chris’ life.
Check out Chris’ inspiring story (and how you can use his system to dramatically boost your writing productivity) here:
>> How To Write 5,000 Words Per Hour (click to listen!)
I hope you enjoy both of these audio trainings. And I hope these trainings inspire you to take action and boost your writing productivity.
You’ll be amazed at how boosting your writing productivity can help you find more freedom and financial success as a writer.
We’ll be back next Monday with a brand new episode of Just Add Hustle.
Until then…
Stay hungry and keep hustling!
Paul
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