Want To Be An Accomplished Writer?

Keilah Gold

Of course your answer is, ‘Sure, who doesn’t?’

Every writer wants to be only one thing; An Accomplished Writer.

Well, here is the first thing you must know - Writing is not easy.

Try writing when the juices are not flowing. Try working against the writer's block, when you have a deadline to beat. Writing is hard work and harder if you are aiming for excellence. It is difficult to revise a book repeatedly. It's hard to search and research for needed information. It's not easy to sit on a chair for hours on end sometimes forgetting you’ve not had your first meal for the day. I can go on and on.

Writing Is Rewarding

Nothing compares with the joy and satisfaction of a finished work, knowing that God worked through your mind to write something that makes a difference in the life of someone. You can never tell where your work will get to, and it will still be available long after you are gone. Nothing satisfies more than living a purposeful life and making a difference in other people's lives.

Keep these in mind if you want to make a success of writing.

You Must Be Humble

Humility is a quality every great writer must possess. Be meek, teachable, correctable and approachable. Everyone makes mistakes, and it takes humility to let other people see them. 

Humility makes you surrender your work to another to read, and make inputs.

Humility makes you take healthy criticisms healthily.

You Cannot Go It Alone

Join a writing group. Take writing classes. Post your work for others to see. Share and take. You need other people's contributions to be a better writer. Getting feedback on what you have written is more important than any temporary fear or discomfort. Writers all over the world help themselves with advice or criticism. No writer can do without connecting with other writers.

This is the primary focus of the Christian Write and Read Forum. It gives us a platform to network with other like-minded writers.

Keilah Gold is a member of the Christian WAR Forum.

She is a Copy Editor and works from home.

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