[header] How to follow your dreams [title] Discover your passion. [step] Maybe you want to be a writer, because you imagine being featured by oprah and traveling the world to promote your book on a big publisher's dime. But these are ideals and have little to do with the reality of writing a book. 
Writing a book is very hard work, and it doesn't end there. Then comes editing, finding a publisher (probably not a big publishing house if you are unknown), and then tirelessly promoting your book using your own money.