Post 1 of 26 of The Self-Publishing Series
Permission
Every creative journey begins with a desire. Most are ended by judgement. Before one word is typed judgement shuts down the journey. You need to get permission for your project and you need to give that permission to yourself. We’re the person judging and we’re the person capable of taking permission. Call it creative suicide, self-defeat or wussing out, but we end most of our dreams ourselves. Most creative journeys end not because of someone else but because of the creator
A few years ago I switched my web site from AndyTraub.com to TakePermission.com because I needed to focus in on one idea. To self-publish you need to take permission and then do the work. (Tweet that) There’s no waiting in line anymore. You’re not going to wait to get picked. You’re taking permission to move forward, to invest in yourself and to create something from nothing.
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Time
For three and half hours I sat in this chair knowing that I needed to write these words. I’ve done something else for the last 210 minutes. You don’t know how to twiddle your thumbs. I don’t even know if twiddle is a word. You’re not bored because you’re busy. Doing things isn’t our problem. Doing the right things is our problem. (Click to tweet that) If you want to write a book and publish it yourself you need to make time. You can get up earlier or you can stay up later. You can blog your way to a book or you can take an on-line course that helps you get the audience your writing deserves. No matter what you do you have to stop doing something else to write. If you had enough time and desire you’d have already finished your book.
