Ever get tired of pitching your writing over and over? Here is the solution to never having to do that again.

2. A WRITER’S DREAM
How to Never Write a Query Letter or Book Proposal

3. WHO IS THIS GUY?
Kind of a Cool Dude

4. Stuff that I’ve Done
Won the 6th grade spelling bee
Peed my pants (on purpose... in college)
Appeared on Italian TV
Lived in a van for a year
Ran a half marathon
Got married

5. Stuff that I Do
Work at a nonprofit
Blog (goinswriter.com)
Tweet (@jeffgoins)
Play guitar
Run
Write

6. What Nobody Ever Tells You
about Writing
It’s harder than you think
It’s not enough to be good
Nobody cares about you
It’s more about who you
know than what you know
You have to love doing it

7. “THERE IS NOTHING TO WRITING. ALL
YOU DO IS SIT DOWN AT A TYPEWRITER
AND BLEED.” —ERNEST HEMINGWAY

8. “TALENT ALONE CANNOT MAKE A WRITER.
THERE MUST BE A MAN [OR WOMAN] BEHIND
THE BOOK.” —RALPH WALDO EMERSON

9. YOU NEED 3 TOOLS TO BE A
REAL WRITER...

10. 1. PLATFORM

11. Examples of Platforms
YouTube Channel
Podcast
Blog
Column

12. 2. BRAND

13. Elements of a Brand
Name
Image
Voice

14. 3. CONNECTION

15. Channels of Connection
Facebook
Twitter
Email
Phone
Networking

16. WHAT’S BEST?

17. A Channel of Your Very Own

18. What You Get
Book deals (without the proposal)
Magazine offers (without a query letter)
Free stuff
Interview opportunities
Chances to connect with other writers

19. What to Do Now
Start a blog (Wordpress.com)
Connect with people on Twitter and Facebook
Build a newsletter list (Mailchimp.com)
Create awesome stuff
Start small and build

20. “THIS BUSINESS OF... BEING A WRITER IS
ULTIMATELY ABOUT ASKING YOURSELF, ‘HOW
ALIVE AM I WILLING TO BE?’” —ANNE LAMOTT

21. WHAT DOES IT REALLY TAKE
TO BE A WRITER?

22. COURAGE.

23. Questions?
goinswriter.com | @jeffgoins | jeff@goinswriter.com

24. Photos (Creative Commons)
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