Work Backward

Visualize exactly what it will look like, feel like, be like when you reach your goal. For instance, you want to have a novel published by a large publisher and sold and promoted nationwide. Picture yourself signing your finished book for anxious readers.
Whom must you persuade to publish your book? An editor.
How can you get an editor to buy your book? You need a literary agent.
How do you get a literary agent? You need to write a proposal.
How do you write a proposal? You need to get a book or hire an expert on the subject.
Who do you know who has a book published and may know an agent?

The Hero's Journey in Florence