Scott William Carter, the guy who came up with the WIBBOW test (Would I Be Better Off Writing?) did a post about a metaphor he created, looking at writing/publishing activities as a table. The four legs are four activities you do as a writer, or actually any kind of creator, if you substitute art or music or whatever for writing:
Leg 1: What you write
Leg 2: How much you write
Leg 3: How much you learn
Leg 4: How you market
It’s not complicated, but it’s an interesting, and I think useful, way of thinking about what you want to do, how to focus, and how to balance your writing-related activities. Scott discusses each leg, how they support your work, and how it fits together. Check it out. (Scroll down a bit once you get to the page, about half way. Start at the paragraph right above the table diagram.)
Angie
PS — one of Scott’s examples cracked me completely up 😀 You can tell he’s not into romance, like, at all. [snicker]
