Comments on: The Five Percent Trick http://www.therenegadewriter.com/2009/03/19/the-five-percent-trick/ Living and loving the freelance life—on your own terms. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 18:46:01 +0000 hourly 1 By: Sunday Potpourri « Right Brain Planner http://www.therenegadewriter.com/2009/03/19/the-five-percent-trick/comment-page-1/#comment-140135 Sunday Potpourri « Right Brain Planner Sun, 22 Mar 2009 21:54:48 +0000 http://therenegadewriter.com/?p=1064#comment-140135 [...] The Renegade Writer Blog (awesome book!) and this one post is definitely something to ponder: The Five Percent Trick [...] [...] The Renegade Writer Blog (awesome book!) and this one post is definitely something to ponder: The Five Percent Trick [...]

]]> By: Valencia http://www.therenegadewriter.com/2009/03/19/the-five-percent-trick/comment-page-1/#comment-139957 Valencia Thu, 19 Mar 2009 19:08:19 +0000 http://therenegadewriter.com/?p=1064#comment-139957 If I were five percent less lazy - I would submit five to ten query letters a week - or more. If I were five percent less lazy – I would submit five to ten query letters a week – or more.

]]> By: Nannette Croce http://www.therenegadewriter.com/2009/03/19/the-five-percent-trick/comment-page-1/#comment-139938 Nannette Croce Thu, 19 Mar 2009 12:34:55 +0000 http://therenegadewriter.com/?p=1064#comment-139938 I volunteer teaching decision making skills to prison inmates. Similar to this approach we encourage them to break long-term goals into shorter term goals that make it easier to measure progress and enjoy a feeling of accomplishment. For writers, this would mean breaking "get my book published this year" into Writer ---thousand words per day for the next six months Research one agent per week I would make one suggestion on the 5% solution. We use the acronym "SAM". That is, all goals should be specific, achievable, and measurable. In other words, instead of "I plan to lose weight or go on a diet." "I want to loose 5 pounds by the end of this month." I volunteer teaching decision making skills to prison inmates. Similar to this approach we encourage them to break long-term goals into shorter term goals that make it easier to measure progress and enjoy a feeling of accomplishment. For writers, this would mean breaking “get my book published this year” into

Writer —thousand words per day for the next six months
Research one agent per week

I would make one suggestion on the 5% solution. We use the acronym “SAM”. That is, all goals should be specific, achievable, and measurable. In other words, instead of “I plan to lose weight or go on a diet.” “I want to loose 5 pounds by the end of this month.”

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