A guide to the basics of being a published writer.
Do you write, even if just for your own pleasure? Congratulations: You are already a writer. But perhaps you are thinking about taking it a step further, sharing your work with others, getting published and establishing yourself as a professional writer. This short guide will take you through the essential steps towards fulfilling your writing goals.
Step One: Write
It sounds obvious, but always dreaming and never accomplishing is easily done. The editor and best-selling novelist Sol Stein said that a writer is "someone who cannot not write." Write regularly, setting aside ... Read more at Suite101: How to Become a Writer
The editor and best-selling novelist Sol Stein said that a writer is "someone who cannot not write."
ReplyDeleteThat reminds me of what I've always said about blogging: the key to whether you can keep going as a blogger is not whether you have things to say, but whether you have things you can't not say.
Sol Stein says it much more succinctly, which is probably why he's the published writer and I'm not. ;-)