How To Find Writing Success By Leaving Your Niche
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Do you feel like a prospector looking for gold?
You know success is out there but you’re not finding it no matter how hard you dig. You see others strike it big and assume they’re luckier or got a bigger shovel.
You could have the perfect tools and focus on your goals, but it won’t matter if you’re digging in the wrong place.
People may spend their whole lives climbing the ladder of success only to find, once they reach the top, that the ladder is leaning against the wrong wall.
Thomas Merton
The Double-Edged Sword of Focus
You work hard, eliminate distractions, and focus on one area. This can be good and bad at the same time.
Take gold prospecting. Digging a one hundred foot mine shaft will keep you busy, whether the gold lies there or not. If there isn’t any gold, all your work will be in vain.
The same can be said for your writing.
How do you know where to invest your effort?
You need to go wide and then deep.