How to Be a Writer in Five Steps

By Ellen Birkett Morris

Tip One: Create

I’& rsquo; ve been an author my whole life. I still have actually a story penned on lined paper bound by ribbon. I’& rsquo; ve long since thrown away scraps of paper with bad poems, the kind of rhymes you need to create prior to you can write great poems. I created for my college paper and also took verse workshops in college.

When it was time to obtain a real task, I summarized news article for a research study data source before beginning to freelance for my local daily, business paper, and a females’& rsquo; s magazine. The job was large range: I substituted a house as well as garden reporter, did dining establishment reviews, covered criminal activity information, and had a column on wellness and another on neighborhood attractions. I took every possibility I might find to compose.

Step 2: Locate Your Ground

As I composed I obtained a much better feeling of what & hellip;