Got any tips for a wanna-be-writer?

I started out by selling how-to articles to magazines such as Instructor. My audience consisted of teachers. As a teacher, I was familiar with common problems and offered solutions to them in a number of articles, 30 published ones to be exact. You can do the same thing. Choose colleagues or coworkers as your audience and develop a how-to article, which you can sell to magazines and journals that your audience reads. Writing that article shouldn't be difficult, either. Just write the way you would speak to that audience. You can opt for writing how-to's for people who share your hobby or interest, and have a wide range of subjects from which to choose. You will be able to use the same strategy with this audience. Go to one of those chain bookstores and check out magazines in your area of interest. You'll soon discover that a lot of them feature how-to articles, which are probably the easiest to write and sell. This is probably the best way to see your work in print, earn some money, and become established as a published writer. I'm living proof, as my published articles led to a book and other good things. Items such as fillers, poetry, novels and stories are difficult to newbies to break into. It is best to begin immediately with something that is familiar to you and take it from there.

Hey there! Like you, I also want to become a writer. And I want to develop my writing skills but then it seems that I do not have the time to really sit down and write. Every once in a while I get to write an article but then I really don't write that regularly. And that is where I would like to improve on. Some writing tips says that in order for your writing to improve, all you have to do is to write. Write. Write. Write whatever comes to mind and write on a regular basis. So there, all you have to do is to write. Keep a journal, it also helps. Cheers!

me too i want to be a writer but i dont know if i have the skills and talents... i really admire those who write good stories... i want to be like them

I'd say get yourself a copy of The Writers Market the 2008 is already out, also subscribe to a few writer mags my favorites are The Writer & Writers Digest. Check our buy some books on freelance. My favorite here too is 'The Well Fed Writer' and he wrote a second one. I too would love to freelance, own tons of books. But for now all I still write is poetry and although I have tried to publish it, nothing has worked out yet. GOOD LUCK TO YOU! :))

hi Friend, I am not any writer and my writing capacity and vocabulariy is not very good. But I want to suggest few tips on writing.. First you choose the topic for writing. and Choose the topic on which everyone can enjoy that topic..... either that from young generation or from old generation. thanks

Write about your passions. It will show through in your words.