Comments on: Advice to a Young Writer http://copywritersroundtable.com/2008/09/02/advice-to-a-young-writer/ Sign up and get your FREE report! Mon, 14 May 2012 11:17:06 -0400 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: jackforde http://copywritersroundtable.com/2008/09/02/advice-to-a-young-writer/comment-page-1/#comment-51 jackforde Tue, 18 Nov 2008 10:56:42 +0000 http://copywritersroundtable.com/?p=72#comment-51 Hmm... answering an "expand on your thoughts" question sounds dangerously tempting and unproductive all at once. Do you have a more specific detail or answer you're looking for? Meanwhile, here's the best summary I can offer you: Get started. Do it now. And in a very targeted, goal oriented way. Even if it means a little sacrifice at first. New writers ask me all the time what they need to do to get the ball rolling, as if they're looking for a loophole that will get them the results without actually jumping in and doing the work. This letter, and everything else I've shared like it, is my way of saying that the easiest way is to end the search for shortcuts... and start walking the path that was always right in front of you. Does that clarify? Hmm… answering an “expand on your thoughts” question sounds dangerously tempting and unproductive all at once. Do you have a more specific detail or answer you’re looking for?

Meanwhile, here’s the best summary I can offer you: Get started. Do it now. And in a very targeted, goal oriented way. Even if it means a little sacrifice at first.

New writers ask me all the time what they need to do to get the ball rolling, as if they’re looking for a loophole that will get them the results without actually jumping in and doing the work. This letter, and everything else I’ve shared like it, is my way of saying that the easiest way is to end the search for shortcuts… and start walking the path that was always right in front of you.

Does that clarify?

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