Most everyone seeking traditional publication would love a well-known literary agent. Someone big, who can get you a huge advance on your book(s) and negotiate an iron-clad contract in your best interest.
However, I learned a valuable lesson from my own experience. When querying agents, keep in mind…
The world needs more silly. That’s why we want to invite you to please join us for The First Annual Wacky Writing Prompt Scavenger Hunt. We will randomly choose three participants to win a new Moleskine notebook, a brown paper bag, or a wooden hanger.
Eventually, like the entrepreneur, as a writer, you will have to ask for an investment from others. By asking people to buy and read your book, you’re requesting that they invest their time and money into your ideas and skills—and your characters.
It’s easy to fall into a rut. I’ve done it plenty of times, using the same kinds of characters in the same kinds of plots with the same kind of genre. For a while it’ll be nothing but sixteen-year-old orphaned heroines in a fantasy world or talking animals who always get into trouble. But as much as writing your favorite stories is fun, it’s a fine line between safe and stale.
Would you like to write a classic children’s book? One that will be read my millions of children? I think you would like to. However, I will admit, I can’t read your mind. So I am making assumptions. Maybe you don’t want your book made into movies, or read by children all over the world, or have the main character sold as a plush toy in stores.
But, I have discovered The One Secret, the missing ingredient that takes a story from good to great.
No matter who you are, no matter what kind of writing you do, or how long you’ve been doing it, writer’s block is going to occasionally strike. There’s no reason to kick yourself over it. Sometimes you just get stuck. It’s an inevitable part of the creative process.
Fortunately, you don’t have to just sit there and take it—there’s ways to take matters into your own hands and give your creativity a jumpstart. Yes, I’m talking about writing prompts.
