Writer Life: Committing yourself to the profession

Writers life

Once you make a choice to become something professionally it’s imperative that you know what it takes to accomplish it, are dedicated to it, and understand that you must live the life if you want to be whatever it is. That is very true with any profession not just writing. If you want to be a good writer who earns the living they need and want and to enjoy your life, you’ll need to understand that you need to work on committing yourself to the profession.

Be Dedicated

The very first thing you need to do is know what kind of dedication is needed to become a sought-after writer. If you’re going to be a writer, it takes more than just understanding the language you’re using. It also requires that you keep at it during the difficult times. As a writer, you must not accept things like “writer’s block” or anything that gets in the way of you doing your job. Imagine if a doctor had “doctor’s block” how would that work?

Improve Your Skills

Work on improving your skills. As a writer, it’s important for you to learn about all types of writing, to improve your vocabulary, and to read about the types of things you write about. Doing this is going to help you enjoy writing more because you’ll have more to pull from when you sit down to write if you keep working on improving your writing skills.

Invest in Professional Development

There are many types of professional development that you can attend from writer workshops to online marketing workshops. Whatever it is that you want to learn that is even slightly related to what you do can help you improve your work.

Learn About Your Audience

It depends on the type of writing that you do, but you must know who your audience is and what makes them tick to be able to write for them. If you’re a ghostwriter, you’ll need to know all about the person you write for, but also about the people who will read the work to ensure you get it right.

Build Your Portfolio

Even if you don’t have a client to write for right now, it’s important to build your portfolio. This can happen simply by writing about the types of topics you want to write about. That way you have something to show potential clients.

Market Always

If you want clients, it is important always to keep marketing. You can market via your website, social media, snail mail, email, and in person. You should do all of the above marketing to get the word out about your services.

Write Daily

This is probably the most important advice for anyone who wants to be a writer. Do it. Write. Write every day. Write all the time. Write about everything. Write about anything. Practice writing and getting words out every single day.

The fact is, if you’re not committed, you’re doomed to fail. Think about what it takes to become a doctor? Is becoming a writer really any different? Other than societal perception writing is a very important career choice that can make a big difference. Writing is used in all aspects of life. Devoting to learning the profession in the same way a doctor learns to be a doctor through education, doing it daily, and marketing can make a huge difference in your ability to achieve success as a writer.

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