Jonathan Fore
Well, first off, I would say if you're an aspiring writer, you need to stop reading this. Go write something. Writers write, right?
If you're still here, a good idea would be to take a basic English course. Coursea has a great basic English course, which I have taken more than once.
Also, spend all of your idle time in the study of story telling. I'm not talking about reading books about writing books. I am talking about reading books. If you want to write science fiction, read science fiction. If you want to write romance, read romance. Read books whenever you can, and listen to audio books during your commute.
Find time in your day, in your every day, to write. It's best to do about 2,500 words a day, but whatever you can do consistently is fine. The majority of all of my novels were written during my lunch break doing my pay-the-bills job. Four of them on an iPad. You use what you have with the time you have, and write. Everyday. Don't just say you want to be a writer, embrace it as a profession.
Also, I would recommend learning to type. Not picking and pecking with two fingers, but actually take some typing classes. If your fingers are tripping over the correct keys, it tends to slow you down, then you get to thinking, then you begin reading what you just wrote, and none of that is actually putting words down.
Lastly, all writers regardless, of their success, is an aspiring writer. Writing is an ever-evolving art that, in the end, is almost never mastered. Well, there is Jim Butcher. By the Great Furies, Jim.
If you're still here, a good idea would be to take a basic English course. Coursea has a great basic English course, which I have taken more than once.
Also, spend all of your idle time in the study of story telling. I'm not talking about reading books about writing books. I am talking about reading books. If you want to write science fiction, read science fiction. If you want to write romance, read romance. Read books whenever you can, and listen to audio books during your commute.
Find time in your day, in your every day, to write. It's best to do about 2,500 words a day, but whatever you can do consistently is fine. The majority of all of my novels were written during my lunch break doing my pay-the-bills job. Four of them on an iPad. You use what you have with the time you have, and write. Everyday. Don't just say you want to be a writer, embrace it as a profession.
Also, I would recommend learning to type. Not picking and pecking with two fingers, but actually take some typing classes. If your fingers are tripping over the correct keys, it tends to slow you down, then you get to thinking, then you begin reading what you just wrote, and none of that is actually putting words down.
Lastly, all writers regardless, of their success, is an aspiring writer. Writing is an ever-evolving art that, in the end, is almost never mastered. Well, there is Jim Butcher. By the Great Furies, Jim.
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