Infographic titled: Who Do You Want to Be When You Grow Up as a Writer? Five steps listed for aspiring writers: 1) Identify admired authors. 2) Study their work and uniqueness. 3) Discover their break-out book and its impact. 4) Analyze the market during their rise. 5) Learn from their journeys.

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Title: Who Do You Want to be When You Grow Up as a Writer?

  1. Identify those authors whom you most admire in your genre and your subgenre.
  2. Study their work and figure out what sets their work apart from their peers.
  3. How did they break out? What was their break-out book? How was it different from its predecessors and/or the competition?
  4. What was the market like when they broke out? How has it changed since?
  5. What can you learn from those writers’ journeys? What can you apply to your own?

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