Comments on: Dreams and Reality

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By: Dee Krull

Dee Krull — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 21:57:01 +0000

I believe in this day and age it is unrealistic to think you will be an overnight sensation with your first book.

However, I believe it is also self defeating if you don’t believe in yourself and dream of a successful ending to a project you love.

As a Clinical Hypnotherapist I believe we have the ability to create our own reality and the only way to accomplish that reality is stay steadfast in our dreams of accomplishment.

I am at the threshold of seeing my book published and even if it doesn’t make the bestsellers list right away, I truly believe it will eventually. I believe that because I plan on continuing to write a book a year for as long as I can because I have found a new passion in writing.

By: Tom Flynn

Tom Flynn — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 14:02:52 +0000

Hi Rachelle – I just found this blog this morning and already have found great material. Thanks. As far as the question of managing expectations vs. holding onto a dream, I’m a runner and try to employ a similar approach to my writing/dreaming.

It’s fair to hope that I’ll post a fantastic race time, but in order to do so I need to obviously practice and as importantly watch my progress towards that goal in figuring out how realistic, say, a 3 hour marathon is. If, with much practice, I make no inroads towards that mark, it’s reasonable at some point to lower the bar (or look for another sport). 🙂

With my writing, I have one traditionally published and one self-published book. I follow their sales, listen to the feedback I receive, and perhaps most importantly keep aware of any event/writing I’ve done that has a positive impact on sales. It’s work, and not very creative, but it has helped me keep both the traditional and self-published book on a consistent upward trajectory. I don’t have to dismiss a lofty dream as unrealistic or cling to it despite no basis in reality.

I freelance write on a part-time basis, and especially pay attention to any correlation that a local (or the occasional national) article that I write has to improved sales. If it does, as with the running, repeat.

Thanks – TF

By: AngieKinsey

AngieKinsey — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 13:39:32 +0000

In reply to Carrie Butler.

Prepare for the worst, and hope for the best! I find, when writing, dreaming big is essential, but the business aspect (and even editing) requires me to be more of a ‘boots on the ground’ kind of person. It’s like having a split personality, really, but oh well – writer’s are crazy dreamers to begin with, right?

By: Ted

Ted — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 20:17:27 +0000

This is somewhat worrisome. Your clients book sounds similar to my current WIP. I wonder if I will encounter similar struggles.

By: Cindy Noonan

Cindy Noonan — Sun, 21 Aug 2011 00:13:59 +0000

Sometimes God asks us to give up a dream. I spent 15 years writing a middle grade fantasy novel. It was my learn-how-to-write book, and I had high hopes I could show kids the dangers of the occult. But a published writer gently asked me to try something else. Now I am working on a middle grade historical novel. My writing has improved, the words flow easily, and I feel like it’s a good fit.I am learning to let my light shine without being overbearing. God’s ideas were better than my dreams.

By: Chantelle.B.

Chantelle.B. — Sat, 20 Aug 2011 08:10:30 +0000

Que Sera Sera, whatever will be, will be, the future’s not ours to see, que sera sera. 😉

By: karen

karen — Sat, 20 Aug 2011 03:19:10 +0000

Hard question! Many of us are fiction writers, so we not only have these fictional stories going through our heads, we also imagine being published and how well our book will do. Back in the 90’s I designed craft patterns for a major crafting magazine and was thrilled every time they purchased one of my patterns and of course devastated when I would get the letter, “We’re sorry, we are not looking for this type of pattern at this time” And yes I did give up submitting new patterns, but not so much to do with the denial letters as to my mom’s death. But after a few years, I started creating again no longer designing patterns for others, but selling one on one by opening a gift shop. The writing process is relatively new to me and I am enjoying writing my first novel immensely and of course have high hopes, but also know that I could get that awful denial letter in the mail, “Sorry your story is not quite what we are looking for at this time.” But I prefer to think big, because it keeps me working on what I really want to achieve.

By: Anne Martin Fletcher

Anne Martin Fletcher — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 20:20:08 +0000

I love Voni Harris’ comment, “Roots AND Wings.” When I told my commanding general at my retirement ceremony that I planned to be a writer, he said, incredulously, “Do you know how competitive writing is?”
This same general officer had gone behind my back several times to try and limit my career. In my mind, I asked him, ‘Do you know how competitive it is to get into the Air Force Academy? To get into pilot training? To fly for the VIP Wing at Andrews, to fly the Vice President of the United States? To survive in a career field where men actively try to hold you back?’
To his face I just answered, “Yes Sir, I do.”
Past failures and accomplishments teach us, as writers, that hard work, luck, and persistence are vital to achieving dreams. As Harris says, “roots and wings.”

By: Voni Harris

Voni Harris — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 19:57:06 +0000

Reality AND Dreams…Roots AND Wings.