Is Writing for You?

By Staff Writer and Derek Johns, Advice for New Writers

Writing is an expression. Writing is formed by your thinking and makes your thoughts visible. Writing exposes ideas and gives you the ability to demonstrate your intellectual flexibility. Is writing for everyone? Is writing for you?

“What kind of person makes a good writer?

In my experience, it’s very hard to say what kind of person makes a good writer. Writers come in all sorts of shapes and sizes. When it comes to fiction, then I suppose that one is looking for somebody who has had a degree of experience of life that is going to inform their work and make it real.

Do writers need particular qualities to succeed?

The first quality writers need to have is talent of course. But, in addition, they need to have determination. They need not to be discouraged. They need to go on because the obstacles in their way are many and great.

What does it take to become a successful writer?

To become a successful writer, one, of course, has to have talent. One has to have dedication. But there’s always that element of luck, as in any creative and competitive world.

Is there such a thing as ‘overnight success’?

Well, there are people who are called overnight successes. Lord Byron said after the publication of “Childe Harold” that he woke up one morning to find himself famous,and a lot of people dream about waking up one morning to find themselves famous. Generally, though, what’s happened before the success is years and years of hard work.

Should a writer be influenced by the publishing market?

If you are looking to write popular fiction, then you need to look at the publishing market. If you are writing what we call literary fiction then I think you should ignore the market and listen only to your heart and your mind.”

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