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It’s Not Enough to Just Be a Good Writer
Everything that you do outside of writing matters too
Do you ever envy those people who just tend to be good at everything that they do? The people who have a natural talent for virtually anything and don’t need to try very hard even if it’s something that’s completely new to them. Personally, I know that I do sometimes. And I hate to break it to you, but there are always going to be people like that in the world. Silently envying them doesn’t do anyone any good and it certainly won’t help whatever situation you’re in.
I do have some good news for you though. You can get good at whatever you want to do too— it just might require a bit more legwork if it doesn’t come naturally to you. And the silver living is, solely being good at something isn’t enough to carry you all the way to success. You have to do more than just be good.
When it comes from writing, I’ve learned time and time again that having a knack for writing or even just writing one really good article doesn’t do too much for you in the long run. I know because I’ve written a few really good articles that had their moments in the sun and went (somewhat) viral for a short period of time. However, those few articles that saw success didn’t put my name in lights or land me my full-time dream job as a Writer at a prestigious…
