Author’s Top 5 Writing and Marketing Tips
writing
Kiersten Marcil
Historical Romance Time Travel Romance
2 years

1. Have regular office hours dedicated to your literary career. Use those hours to write, research, market, grow your website, or even read other books in your genre. Just do something related to your writing during that time, preferably daily, even when you don't want to.
2. Ignore word count goals (unless they really do help motivate you). So many authors get so down on themselves because they didn't meet their word count goals. Hence why I think office hours are better because it focuses on progress not checking off tally marks that are not always achievable. So, even if you only have ten minutes during lunch, those are your hours, and all other snuck-in hours are bonus.
3. Give yourself permission to write garbage. Just write, write something, write some more. Don't be afraid of what is on the page. That's what revisions are for. First drafts are just about throwing up brain stuff and splattering it onto the page.
4. Keep a separate document (mine is called "potpourri") where you keep all the stuff you cut. Make sure to include chapter dividers in the body so you know where cut material came from. You never know when you will be able to reuse that material or might want to reinsert parts of it. Plus, "deleted scenes" make great content for newsletters.
5. Tried & true, so I repeat what has often been said: every scene must advance the story or the characters' story arc. If it doesn't do one of those things, be ruthless. You may love it, but it's like that bad ex- who strings you along, making you think it's good for you, when really that scene is just going to hurt you in the end. Cut and run. :)

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