I Read 25 Articles on Becoming a Better Writer — Here’s What I Learned
I’m a new writer. Well, I’m newly writing for exposure and a paycheck. I’ve been writing since I could hold a pencil. The world of Writing for Money is daunting. There’s so much to learn. How to pick an audience, figuring out what they want to read, where to publish your writing, how to promote it, how to cultivate a writing habit that works for you, how to gain traction online. Then, of course, doing it all over again because you did it wrong the first (and maybe second) time. There’s no perfect formula out there to make you a successful writer, but there are a lot of good strategies and tips written by people who have been doing this a while. I’ve done a lot of reading on what it takes to be a writer, here’s what I’ve learned.
Reading 25 articles about bettering your craft gets repetitive. Most of them have the same basic tips with their own experience added in there. I’ve narrowed it down to ten key takeaways so you don’t have to.
Number 10: Call Yourself A Writer
This one isn’t mentioned so directly in every article, but they all tell you to call yourself a writer in so many words. The term “aspiring writer” is not helpful. It implies that you aren’t a writer, you want to be. But wanting something is not the same as being something. I want to be an…
