When I started writing romance,
I wrote short stories
for a small press publisher.
I was working the business gigs
and didn’t have a lot of time
to spend on writing
and publishing stories.
I also didn’t know
what would sell,
what I was good at,
or
what I was doing.
I used what I call
the spaghetti method.
I threw a bunch of
short, quickly written stories
at the wall (the market)
and saw what stuck
(what was successful).
I used partners
(like the publisher)
so I had time to write
more stories
to throw at that wall.
Then I developed
that best selling ideas.
Daniel Vassallo
shares
(this entire thread
is gold)
“Aggressively capping
your inputs
is important
for many reasons.
The most obvious is that
it gives you space
for more bets.
But it also helps
tremendously
with motivation.
It’s a lot easier to do
small things,
and the failures hurt
a lot less
when you haven’t put in
a big effort.”
If you don’t know
what will be successful,
consider
limiting your inputs
as much as possible
and trying more things.