Many established independent authors
attribute at least a part of their success to luck and knowing the right
people. What they don’t say is that their dedication to their art is what made
all the effort in marketing and finding an audience successful. As writers, it
can be difficult to establish a working routine. Finding a way to regularly
work on your craft can be tricky, but once you have established realistic goals
for yourself, the work becomes easier, and you will find inspiration in your
work more frequently.
Many indie authors worry unnecessarily
about whether their work will be appealing to a wide range of readers when they’re
starting their projects. If you write to please a certain type of reader, you
will get lost. Write as if no one will read it, from within. If you come to
your writing desk with this attitude, you will take more risks, develop more
interesting characters by letting them operate on their own on the page, and
allow you to write the story you have wanted to write. The more you worry about
appealing to a certain audience, the more you restrict yourself and set
yourself up for unnecessary creative blocks. Your audience will find you. They
always do and it's usually very surprising to the author. Take JK Rowling as a
perfect example. She was writing Harry Potter as a children's novel, yet her
biggest audience turned out to be adults!
Michelle von Quilich is an indie writer
from San Diego. She is a customer service representative when she’s not writing
her stories
