How to Use the Overlap Principle to Build Your Writing Business, Part 2: 10 Tips for Getting Started

This is the second part of a two-part series on how to use the Overlap Principle to build your writing business. I cover ten tips for getting started with your writing business:

1. Go in the direction of your gifts, not your passion.
2. Choose a niche that has good income potential.
3. Take ownership of your career trajectory.
4. Take the next logical step.
5. Be consistent in your efforts.
6. Remember, it's going to take a while.
7. Accept the fact that most people won't understand what you're doing.
8. Don't let any one person control your future.
9. Use your current job to help you develop writing and business skills.

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