Comments on: Bob Mayer Part I

By: Pam Biggs

Pam Biggs — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 05:30:08 +0000

I know about the search for the 25-hour day, and if anyone finds it, it will be you, Pamela Scheibe. Do you ever think about collaborating on a projects? There was a great team of Pam and Pam which is fondly remembered as
‘Pam-squared’. Ring any bells? Continued success to you.

By: Bob

Bob — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 01:24:45 +0000

I’ll be doing it in San Diego 26-27 September– so yes.
Check my web site on the workshops page and it lists everything and gives you a link to Eventbrite page with location and all other information.

By: Pamela Scheibe

Pamela Scheibe — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 01:20:46 +0000

I’m working on the aligning thing–getting out of my own way is one of my biggest challenges. Prioritizing, and finding that 25th hour in the day. But I am working at it, deligently. Are you planning on offering the Warrior Writer workshop down here in Southern California?

By: Bob

Bob — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 01:08:44 +0000

The biggest thing is most people don’t have a plan other than get a book published. So it sounds like you are ahead of the curve. Then the point is to align all subordinate goals to support that plan.

By: Pamela Scheibe

Pamela Scheibe — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 01:07:18 +0000

Okay…something like goal planning for the next five years or however long you plan ahead. Only more intense and much deeper, if I’m reading your posts right.

I do have a specific publisher and line with that house targeted, a ‘five-year’ plan–nailed down to how many books per year (category) and where I want that to go from there. Your Warrior Writer program sounds as if it provides tools for the writer to get out of his/her own way.

By: Bob

Bob — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 16:56:12 +0000

Getting published can be a goal, but it’s not specific enough. Published at what level, how many books, how long? In Warrior Writer we try to get specific with the strategic goal because all subordinate goals flow out of that.

By: Pamela Scheibe

Pamela Scheibe — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 01:51:27 +0000

So in Warrior Writer, in talking about the one goal that supersedes all others, are you talking about something deeper than the overall goal of being published?

Because publication would be my first response if asked what that goal was for me. Is that a flippant answer? Should it be deeper than that? Or am I getting totally off tangent?

I do love writing, and whether I achieve publication or not, I would still write. But striving for publication adds, for me, a sense of validity that–I’ll admit–makes me feel better about making writing a priority and taking my time away from other things, from other people and what I should or shouldn’t be doing instead.

Pam

By: carrie

carrie — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 01:16:47 +0000

Hi Bob!

Thanks for being here..great article, looking forward to part two! I just signed up for your newsletter and am eyeballing your novel writing course. =) I too would love to see your Warrior Writer course online….I’ll keep an eye out for that someday in the future too!
Love this line…Every author I know, writes because they love it.
It’s so true!

carrie

By: Bob

Bob — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 21:34:33 +0000

Very hard questions. You have to be creative, but you also have to accept reality. It goes back to goals, the first thing we talk about in Warrior Writer. You have one goal that supersedes all other– got to know what it is.

I don’t think you can write just to get published and get paid, although I am told there are people who do that. Every author I know, writes because they love it.

By: Blythe Gifford

Blythe Gifford — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 20:50:17 +0000

Bob: Good to see you again, even if it is virtually. I love the idea of a workshop with an integrated approach to authorship. I’m having these conversations right now. How do I select projects I want to write that will ALSO be effective in reaching my career goals? Complex questions.