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    The Importance of Following Through for Success as a Writer: From Dreamer to Achiever
    The Importance of Following Through for Success as a Writer: From Dreamer to Achiever
    The Importance of Following Through for Success as a Writer: From Dreamer to Achiever
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    The Importance of Following Through for Success as a Writer: From Dreamer to Achiever

    By Irene S. Roth

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    One of the most important things that writers can do for success is follow-through. This one practice alone divides the successful writers from the unsuccessful ones. If writers don’t follow-through, they won’t be as productive as ones who do because there is no real way for them to take stock of their writing goals. In this E-book, I will outline twenty benefits of following through.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherIrene S. Roth
    Release dateDec 1, 2014
    ISBN9781310261299
    The Importance of Following Through for Success as a Writer: From Dreamer to Achiever
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    Irene S. Roth

    Irene S. Roth, MA is an academic and freelance writer. She writes academically, for teens and tweens and adults. When she isn't writing, she is teaching. She is also pursuing a Master's of Social Work Degree.

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      The Importance of Following Through for Success as a Writer - Irene S. Roth

      The Importance of Following Through for Success as a Writer

      From Dreamer to Achiever

      Irene S. Roth

      Copyright 2014 Irene S. Roth

      License Notes. This e-book is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. It may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with someone else, please purchase an additional copy for each reader. If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then please return to your favorite retailer and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.

      Table of Contents

      Introduction

      Benefits of Following-Through

      Benefit #1: Following-through helps commit writers to projects

      Benefit #2: Following-Through helps writers feel more in control

      Benefit #3: Following-Through helps plan your writing

      Benefit #4: Following-Through helps eliminate distractions

      Benefit #5: Following-Through helps believe in yourself

      Benefit #6: Following-Through helps determine what’s true

      Benefit #7: Following-Through helps gain self-understanding

      Benefit #8: Following-Through helps eliminate excuses

      Benefit #9: Following-Through helps manage your writing career

      Benefit #10: Following-Through helps eliminate boredom

      Benefit #11: Following-Through creates balance

      Benefit #12: Following-Through ensures you prioritize projects

      Benefit #13: Following-Through helps become disciplined

      Benefit #14: Following-Through makes you responsible

      Benefit #15: Following-Through helps not to overthink

      Benefit #16: Following-Through creates time boundaries

      Benefit #17: Following-Through helps to do first things first

      Benefit #18: Following-Through helps become self-empowered

      Benefit #19: Following-Through helps gain self-confidence

      Benefit #20: Following-Through helps positively assess goals

      Conclusion

      Introduction

      One of the most important things that writers can do for success is follow-through. This one practice alone divides the successful writers from the unsuccessful ones. If writers don’t follow-through, they won’t be as productive as ones who do because there is no real way for them to take stock of their writing goals. Following-through requires that you step back from your writing goals and assess how you’re progressing in completing them. If you get into the habit of following-through often, you’ll be able to determine where in a particular manuscript you are and where you want to end up, successfully completing your writing goal. Ideally, it is important to follow-through on your writing goals every week to make sure that you’re still on track with your long and short-term writing goals, and that you stay on track as time goes on. So, reviewing your writing goals often and assessing how you’re progressing both on various writing projects and your writing career as a whole is critical to your overall success as a writer.

      When you don’t take time to follow-through on your writing goals, you blindly flounder about in your writing career. This can be very unproductive, both in the short-term and long-term. So, to be productive, you have to consciously follow-through on your writing goals and then take stock to see how you are doing and to celebrate your accomplishments. Following-through need not be a bore or a chore but the process should fill you with a sense of pride and accomplishment. Remember the overall purpose of following-through is not to determine whether you failed in completing your writing goals as it is to assess your overall progress with your short-term and long-term writing goals. So, following-through need not have a negative connotation at all. It should be an inspiring process in its own right. Thus, following-through is extremely beneficial for writers at any point in their writing career.

      Definition of Following-Through

      To follow-through is to regularly take stock of your writing goals and to routinely assess your progress on those writing goals. This process need not take a long time. It could take as few as ten or fifteen minutes at the end of every week. But the process is important because it can help you feel more successful and

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