You Can Be a Winning Writer ― The 4 C Approach of Successful Authors: Craft, Commitment, Community and Confidence

Praised as “the clearest roadmap to success,” the 4 Cs system has yielded spectacular results for CEOs and doctors, college professors and MFAs, playwrights and poets. For over ten years, Ms. Gelfand has presented the 4 Cs at conferences and book festivals, libraries and college lecture halls igniting writer’s enthusiasm.From first draft to a marketable piece, the 4 Cs explores the writer’s inner and outer worlds making the argument for community as a key element to becoming a winning writer. Advice on building a fan base is followed by “Confidence,” a frank exploration of the blocks that keep manuscripts locked in the drawer. With a splash of humor, a dose of empathy and real-world anecdotes, the 4cs guidance and wisdom will inspire and encourage writers at any stage of their career. Including an appendix on post-publication strategies, essential resources and a directory of useful organizations, “You Can Be a Winning Writer” covers the landscape of becoming a successful author.What you’ll learn inside this book • How to structure a plan for success that works for you• Discover new publishing resources • Unravel the ‘self-publish’ or ‘agent’ dilemma• How to ‘fire on all burners’ – craft, commitment, community and confidence• How to stick with your dream when all roads are blocked• What it means to be ‘a friend to writers’• True stories of writer’s process, failures and setbacks