Patience (7 P’s of Publishing: 3 of 8)
I really wanted to put this element first on the list. Even though it’s only the third, it felt like it took a long time to get here. This, after all, was the first element on my originally drafted up 3 P’s of Self-Publishing success, so it’s one that I not only had a bit of a soft spot for but was looking forward to sharing. This aspect, of all of the P’s is one that can be applied within or toward each of the others; and it’s something that a writer has to continually struggle with throughout their career — that is just how important it is.
But I had to be patient.
No, I’m not just being cheeky by saying that. I want to ensure you understand the actual struggle to wait to dig into this element.
It was important that I first established two of the foundational aspects of practice and professionalism; because I think that patience is discussed in a more meaningful way once those two things were conveyed.
I’m sure you’ve heard the old adages of “Rome wasn’t built in a day” or “Good things come to those who wait.” Perhaps you are also familiar with the Stanford Marshmallow Experiment led by Walter Mischel in the late 1960s and early 1970s that found a correlation between children who were able to delay gratification typically displayed higher SAT scores, educational achievement and other life measures…
