Ian Felton
Write.
Ok, I won't be that way.
But seriously though, just start writing. Write what you want to write not what you think you should write. That being said, story-telling and craft is something to continuously study if you are a novelist. Similarly, if you are a poet, you better study the forms that interest you.
At the end of the day, if you wrote, you are a writer. You are a writer one day at a time. One day, you might step back and say, "hey, this feels pretty good. I better do this again tomorrow." I recommend that day being day one. Go from there.
Ok, I won't be that way.
But seriously though, just start writing. Write what you want to write not what you think you should write. That being said, story-telling and craft is something to continuously study if you are a novelist. Similarly, if you are a poet, you better study the forms that interest you.
At the end of the day, if you wrote, you are a writer. You are a writer one day at a time. One day, you might step back and say, "hey, this feels pretty good. I better do this again tomorrow." I recommend that day being day one. Go from there.
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