When have you made it?

What does it mean to make it as a writer?

Think about it for a few minutes. At what point have you made it as a writer?

Have you made it when you earn enough from your writing to keep the bills paid? When you have a bit more money each month than you are spending on expenses? Maybe you have made it when you walk into a store and see your name on a book for sale on the shelf?

I know when I made it as a writer. It was the day my mom told me that the things I did, earning money writing, was the only way that we had made it through some hard times.

So, once you know when you have made it as a writer, what do you do after you have made it? Do you keep at the same things, or do you aim higher?

For a long time I kept at the same things, it was secure and safe and I knew that I was going to be able to keep money coming in by following the same path I had set myself on when I made it as a writer.

And my writing began to go from challenging and interesting for me to monotonous and difficult got me to keep at. I need growth in my writing, I can not simply stay at the same as I had been. So, my new goal, my "I've made it" level is to be set and aimed for and when I make it there, I will set another goal.