The Four Energies of Writing: What’s Your Fuel?

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December 01, 2010 by Bill O’Hanlon
Learn about the four key energies that drive most writers and identify what uniquely motivates you to complete projects successfully—that way you can finish your book.
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How do you sustain your enthusiasm throughout a writing project—or even a writing career? It’s all about finding and focusing your energy. Learn to identify which of these four energies motivates your writing life or project.
Passion for a book is like an electrical impulse traveling down a wire, and that electrical impulse has to be strong enough to affect a lot of people, from the writer to the agent to the editor. Then from the editor to the publicist who needs to get the book reviewed, the art director who is responsible for coming up with the right cover, the sales reps who sell the book to the store buyers. Then from the store’s main buyer to the individual booksellers and, eventually, to the customer.