{"id":939,"date":"2025-11-29T20:54:31","date_gmt":"2025-11-30T04:54:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dgl223.pcherry.imgd.ca\/assignment3\/?post_type=article&p=939"},"modified":"2025-12-03T17:43:56","modified_gmt":"2025-12-04T01:43:56","slug":"a-business-plan-for-writers","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/dgl223.pcherry.imgd.ca\/assignment3\/article\/a-business-plan-for-writers\/","title":{"rendered":"A business plan for writers"},"content":{"rendered":"
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About ten years ago, I realized that I was not accomplishing as much as I wanted to with my abundance of book projects. As a business owner, I had done many business plans and they helped me to accomplish goals by providing a roadmap to follow. I decided to make one for my writing. My plan is only two pages long, but it has kept me on track with my writing and publishing. Creating a business plan for your writing will help keep you focused on your goals and support your career.<\/p>\n

You want to start with a main\u00a0Objective. Mine was to \u201chelp writers self-publish their books in a professional manner by providing products and services.\u201d Keep it simple. You can always adjust any part of your objective as things change. Even a short-term objective can be useful. The aim of completing a book and finding a publisher might be all you need to move your project forward.<\/p>\n

I set up categories that I believed would be helpful to me as a writer and self-publisher. In the first category,\u00a0Goals, I listed smaller objectives for writing and selling books, such as selling off all my printed books and completing another book that I wanted to write. Then I made a complete list of books that I planned to write. To my surprise, there ended up being fourteen books on that list. Another category was the\u00a0Publicity\u00a0that I needed to do to sell my books, including press releases, blog posts, and mail-outs to libraries. I even included a category for\u00a0Distractions, which was pretty illuminating: I discovered that my volunteering was taking precedence over my writing and gave up a couple of organizations that I was involved with. Even though I do not make a living from my writing, I made a table of\u00a0Revenue and Expenses\u00a0for the current year and following year. The expenses helped me identify items that I did not need anymore, such as subscriptions that were draining my writing income.<\/p>\n

The category\u00a0What Do I Want to Do?\u00a0has been one of my most useful lists. Like many writers, I talk about what I want to do such as write, publish, consult, and teach, but putting it in writing helped to give me focus. I felt that I needed to be specific with my list too. Instead of stating \u201cwrite,\u201d I put down \u201cwrite at least two hours a day during the week.\u201d That forces me to work diligently to carve out time to write every day.<\/p>\n

I revisit my plan every couple of years and update it as needed for what I am working on at the current time. It has helped me to stay on track with my writing projects. I find a business plan for me as a writer is one of the more useful tools I have used. It can be a handy tool for any writer. Try it.<\/p>\n

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