George Goins Chapter 4 What Happens When It Gets Tough?

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1) In reading Goins Chapter 4, what happens when it gets tough? Identify who your community of writers will be. How will you build your community?
In chapter four of Goin's book he explains how to preserve through tough situations when your on your journey to be a successful writer. When it gets tough you have to take a step back and realize why you first stared writing. Often people start writing because they simply love the process and opportunity, but along the way the get lost in the obligation, money, and fame, Goins explained. When things are tough and you have lost way many people give up, but a select few hold on. Goin's states, "It's the difference between someone who creates something memorable and meaningful and someone who just

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