A Plan

[bacaninho]

Something dawned on me today. I do not wish to work in an office for the rest of my life. In fact, I do not wish to do "work" as the world defines it. As I was telling my lovely wife at lunch, independently wealthy is the way to go

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[rajsugarfoot]

Given that I married an aspiring author, I can tell you what he's doing to get published:

1. He took a class from Brandon Sanderson. (Perhaps a bit late for that on your part... but the principle still stands: find someone who is successful at writing in the genre you are interested in and talk to them about it.)
2. He writes every day. Doesn't matter how much, he just writes something.
3. He has a group of friends that read it and give him feedback.
4. He involves me in all of the above, or maybe I involve myself, but either way it helps to have someone you see all the time saying, "What's happening next in the story? Write it right now so I can find out!" And also someone to bounce ideas off of and talk to when you are working out plot points/character issues/whatever.

Even though he's working full time this summer, he's written a full length novel in 3 months just by sitting down and writing every day. The more you practice, the better you'll become. Seriously. I am amazed at how much better my husband has gotten in the last year just by practicing.

You can do it!

[bacaninho]

Thanks Becca! That's some really good advice, and I plan on doing all of it. I took several writing classes at BYU, but none of them really represented the genres I'd like to eventually focus on: sci-fi, fantasy, and murder/mystery (with a lawyer focus of course :). Anyway, I appreciated the encouragement. Now all I have to do is get off my lazy butt and get started... and that's the hard part :(