Tina Jackson Content Editor
Dream big, writers!
All writers have dreams, don’t they? Dreams of how we’d like our writing to turn out; dreams of where we’d like it to take us. Dreams of success, on whatever terms that means for us. For some of us, that might mean writing something that’s as good as you can make it – to know you’ve done it, you’ve written the book that you knew was in you. You might dream of getting feedback that says your book touched a chord with a reader, and maybe changed their life just a little bit. It could be a dream of landing a competition win that changes everything. Someone else might dream of signing with an agent, or a three-book deal, or seeing your novel turned into a film by a director you really admire. You might dream of all of all these things – but what are you doing about making those dreams come true?
Dreaming is an intrinsic part of being a writer – we’re creative, imaginative beings by nature. And yet, how often do we hide that dreaming part of ourselves, and try to protect it by keeping our dreams to ourself, and telling ourselves that they only come true in fairy tales, and not in our own, real lives?
Well, this month we’re here to tell you that not only can you dream big, but you can make it happen. The second part of our three-part series
