Sheila Bender On The 5 Things You Need To Be A Successful Author or Writer

An understanding that writing is important to you and must not take a back seat.

Some writers and authors have a knack for using language that can really move people. Some writers and authors have been able to influence millions with their words alone. What does it take to become an effective and successful author or writer? In this interview series, called “5 Things You Need To Be A Successful Author or Writer” we are talking to successful authors and writers who can share lessons from their experiences. As part of this series, I had the pleasure of interviewing Sheila Bender.

Since 1982, Sheila Bender has encouraged hundreds who want to write. She believes the writer’s craft brings discovery that propels self-growth and healing. Since studying with renowned poets and receiving her Masters’s Degree in Creative Writing from the University of Washington, she has published several volumes of poetry, a memoir, over a dozen instructional books on writing, written for magazines such as Writer’s Digest, and contributed chapters to books on journaling. She has offered popular online classes for the International Association for Journal Writing and Women on Writing as well as through her own website WritingItReal.com.