If you want to become a writer for whatever reason, there are a few specific steps you can take, but our main advice here is for you to immerse yourself into the craft of writing. If you really want to become a writer, wholly dedicating yourself to it should not be too much of a struggle.

A lot of people have writing as a hobby or something they do in their free time, however, if you want to become a writer, you are looking for it to be your full time discipline, so you will need to treat it like this

This may sound like it could be challenging, but this can be a very rewarding career path. There are plenty of different avenues for success when it comes to being a writer. 

When it comes to being a writer, you will want to spend as much time writing as possible to get as good as you can be. It is very unlikely that you are born an amazing writer, and while there are specific classes, and guides you can follow with your writing, the best thing you can do to improve your technique is to just keep on writing.

The more you do this, the better you will eventually become. You also want to spend a good amount of time reading too. This will help your writing become more inspired, and you can also learn from other people’s mistakes as well.

However, this is how you become a better writer, but what do you do if you want to start a career in writing. It might seem difficult since there is not one clear first step to make, and it is easy to get distracted becoming the best writer possible that you forget about putting time into actually getting a professional start.

So, because of this, we have put together some easy steps to follow if you want to get a strong start as a professional writer!

Dedicate Yourself

This is a more general tip, but you do not want to wait until you have been officially published to start actually calling yourself a writer, but once you have made the decision, start calling yourself this.

This displays a confidence and dedication that will often lead you to more opportunities. No one wants to hire a writer who is unsure if they are actually a writer. You also do not want to quit prematurely.

You want to put time into studying your craft and researching. Something that puts off a lot of writers is accepting editing and critiques, so you will need to develop a thicker skin and put time into editing yourself too.

Another aspect of writing that will help you improve is to make sure to do some every day. While this may sound like a chore, if you enjoy writing, it should not be that difficult. And this is not just writing on your key projects, but on anything. As long as you are working on your craft daily, you will get a lot better. 

Create A Website

If you start pitching yourself to an agent or a publisher, you will need to have some sort of presence or portfolio so they know everything you are about.

This website will need to show everything that you are capable of so that people will be confident in hiring you to do this. The best step to take with this is to make it personal to you.

A lot of people find this aspect embarrassing since expressing yourself in such a public forum can feel awkward. But, this is the best way to create a connection between yourself and your consumers and can create loyalty as well.

Write From Your Passions

One of the most unfortunate things that can happen to a writer is that they get stuck writing something that they are not interested in. The best way to avoid this is to forge your niche as soon as possible.

Dedicate your writing into the area you want to go into, and if your area is quite competitive, do writing that will help you stand out.

If you keep working on this, hopefully you will be able to find opportunities in this area, and this will lead to you progressing as a writer.

Find Other Writers

While working by yourself can have its benefits, if you find a group of writers who work on similar projects, or just writers who think similarly to you, this can be incredibly beneficial.

You want to find a group that helps deal with issues you are struggling with. For example, if you often get frustrated with your writing, find a group that can help with this, whereas, if you need help editing in a group setting, or just some feedback, you can find this here as well.

Network And Scout For Opportunities

While you want to focus on your niche, something that can be incredibly useful is looking for any professional writing experience, especially if you are lacking this.

Of course, you do not want to dedicate yourself to unpaid work, but doing a few professional pieces of unpaid work on a short term can be more beneficial for you than it can be for the person you are doing the work for.

Of course assess your opportunities, but you can get a lot out of just throwing yourself in. This can also create plenty of networking opportunities and can give you connections inside the industry.

But, this also gives you writing references who can speak to your professional qualities as a writer, for example, your ability to reach deadlines.

Summary

Hopefully this has given you some useful insight into how you can become the best writer possible and how you can turn this into a viable career.

However, if there is one general piece of advice we can give, it is to focus on what you are looking to achieve, and how to get there. The best way to find out how is to look at those who have achieved it beforehand.