3 Keys to Building a Successful Writing Career

Habit.If you want to be a writer, you first have to write. You can sit down and free write. You can write first and edit later (or “write drunk, edit sober” as the saying goes). You can use a timer and write for 50 minutes every morning or you can plan to write 500 words before going to bed. If it works for you, that’s what matters. (Here’s my habit.)

In a world where everyone is busy and all of us have a million opportunities to do something else, one way or another you’ve got to find a way...