Showing posts with label 5-Step Plan to Ensure I Meet My Writing Commitments. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 5-Step Plan to Ensure I Meet My Writing Commitments. Show all posts

Wednesday, November 22, 2023

How Professional Writers Approach Deadlines


by DiAnn Mills @DiAnnMills

Deadlines tend to have a bad reputation. Editors require writers to submit contracted work on a specific day, and that can be a difficult task. But let me re-phrase that: editors require creative, out-of-the-box thinkers to submit a writing project on a specific date. Not a week or months later. If a writer labored in any other profession, they’d be dismissed for not completing their contracted work. 

Deadlines are a good thing for editors! This allows them to stay on schedule with the publishing house as they work through all areas to ensure the project is perfected for readers.