Twelve Ways to Develop Your Writing Career

By Deb—First Posted May 2008

Writing Tips—A Writer’s Dozen

1. Get involved in a writing group that is supportive and informative and accessible.

2. Organize a writing space in your home, even if it’s just a place to keep your notebook, pens, laptop, research materials, etc. Be a professional.

3. Read all the time, everything that interests you.

4. Make writing goals and keep them on a calendar.

5. Tell everyone that you are a writer.

6. Continue to learn about writing through courses, how-to books, magazines and autobiographies of writers.

7. Write a list of why you want to write and post it where you can see it every day.

8. Carry a small notebook with a pen everywhere you go—or your Alpha Smart.

9. Make some business cards and give them out.

10. Check out publishers’ websites on a regular basis to see what’s being published, new lines, and opportunities.

11. Consider getting an agent when the time is right.

12. Write every day—even one sentence. You aren’t a writer unless you write.

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