I Want To Be A Writer

   

         There is one thing that all successful writers have in common, from Julio Verne and JRR Tolkien to Dan Brown and JK Rowling, through Isaac Asimov and Stephen King: They have written.

           This statement, which seems silly a priori, is not so much if we analyze it a bit. If what you want is to know how to become a professional writer here are the steps to take:

IN PRINCIPLE, IT ALL COMES DOWN TO THREE BASIC THINGS

Constant Motivation

           It is what will take you to sit in front of the desk day after day, even in times when everything throws away. To face it, you have to be responsible, determined, and passionate. It is the difference between a writer and someone who writes for pleasure.

Creative Production

This is the one that ensures that the artistic side of his personality develops and yields concrete fruits.

We’ll extend these concepts a bit:

1. Becoming a Writer Requires Constant Motivation

Why do I want to be a writer?

       It is clear that writing a novel with an acceptable level for publication requires time and effort. Although it is a fun job, which frees our creativity, knowledge and in the end it is gratifying, it rests assured that you will have your difficult moments.

So why bother becoming a writer? What do you want to achieve with it?

       Achieve success by your own means. Succeed with the product of your creativity. This is something else: Emotion is a great motivator and it is easy to get excited about a project that keeps you true to your way of doing things and your desire to express yourself.

      It is difficult to maintain motivation if you do not follow your heart and your intuition, so you have to write with absolute honesty. It all comes down to writing the novel we want instead of writing the novel we think we have to write. When we write with genuine honesty and show how the world looks with our eyes, becoming a writer will be more natural.

This is simple advice, but that's why it's easy to ignore it in the rush to dive into writing.

Do I have what it takes to succeed as a writer?

       Every aspiring novelist needs this answer. After all, if you doubt your own talent for writing, how will you face a difficult chapter, after the initial enthusiasm has worn out?

        This is the point at which many novelists abandon their dreams. But if we believe in our talent and have the confidence to continue pulling when the muses do not help us and go through a bump.

2. Becoming a Writer Requires Professionalism

       There are many people who decide to become a writer with the vision of the artist who turns his soul on paper and does not pay attention to the commercial aspects of writing. There is some truth in this, after all, the writing of a novel is a creative act and that ability to leave our essence on the pages is what will make it honest and raise its literary quality.

       But writing fiction is a business, writers create stories for them to read by readers, there are all kinds of intermediaries that make up the publishing industry: Agents, publishers, advertisers, distributors, bookstores, etc.

To be successful in the literary fiction market, you have to be part of this industry and, although creating a product that readers want to read depends on their artistic side, doing so well-known within the editorial field refers directly to their professional performance.

      This means being organized and efficient in your writing routines (product delivery must be guaranteed). You should also be responsible and alert in your meetings with agents and publishers, leaving aside your creative being to make room for the trader. The environment also helps, so we must try to have the tools to be a professional writer at hand. The management of our time also leads us to be professionals.

Time

      As we know, becoming a writer takes time. You cannot reach the goal in less time than the journey takes, there are no shortcuts. That is why it is good to concentrate on how artisans experience small tasks, doing their best one at a time without worrying about how long it will take. This is the way to speed up the process further.

Quality Time

       It's about getting the most out of your writing sessions. Applying writing techniques, overcoming blockages, and applying in the resolution of details will make you unintentionally approach the goal in less time and enjoy the journey. You have to write intelligently.

3. Becoming a Writer Requires Creativity

       The good news is that we all have some creativity, taking this as a basis and that creativity can be developed, expanded, strengthened with different exercises generating a constant flow of ideas to which professionalism must shape without letting motivation decline throughout the process.

Learning to make full use of your creativity is vital if you want to become a successful novelist. Your creativity will not only allow you to write much better, but it will help you enjoy the writing process.

      A big black cloud in our creative sky is the dreaded "writer's block". Not to be scared, there are many ways to overcome it and continue with our task until we finish our novel.

     We must be eager to get underway in this new adventure of becoming a writer, but what you have to understand is that writing a novel is a background race, not a sprint.