Tag: succeeding as a writer

• An Episode of (writing) Failure

  I like to be honest on this blog. No reason to be otherwise. I don’t like to be pretentious, though any foray into self-advertising seems to uncomfortably cling to the cliff leading into the valley of pretension. Here’s the cold hard truth. But sometimes writers fail to achieve their goals. Sometimes others deem their work…

  sassevn

  July 21, 2014

  Indie Author, Writing Process

  failing, failure, script rejection, succeeding as a writer, writer’s ego, writing, writing failure, writing rejection

• Grit & Motivation & Volition

  I read a summary of an article today discussing the essence of student achievement. A Penn University PHD student did research to determine what makes a student successful – is it God-given talent (IQ) or is it motivation? Interestingly enough, the results were, perhaps, counter-intuitive. It was not IQ which predicted academic success but nor…

  sassevn

  October 5, 2013

  Indie Author

  determination, grit, indie writers, measures of academic achievement, succeeding as a writer