Getting a Leg Up in the Writing Field

Does a background in any other kind of business give you a head start as a professional writer? If you were designing a course of study for a budding writer, what would the modules be?

Benda here.

I think that any and all life experience helps a professional writer. Using my own working life as an example, I started out as a teacher, which helps in designing and giving presentations. Teaching gave me invaluable practice for standing in front of a group of people and delivering a talk. I also taugh...