So here's a secret I don't like to brag about, I work full-time at a University of Michigan's circulation desk. As you know my dream job is to become a writer and so often when no one is around (and I've forgotten my writing or have writer's block) I daydream about all the things I could do to have my name in print. Tonight, I decided to see what Google had to say about how to become a writer and here's what I found:
1) I did not really find this website helpful because I am already following these steps and they seem rather obvious. http://www.wikihow.com/Become-a-Writer
2)This site gave a lot of good advice and resources that anyone could use to become a better writer, I'm excited to use the resources and see if they are any good :)http://degreedirectory.org/articles/10_Ways_to_Become_a_Better_Writer.html
3) I liked the honesty of this site, it didn't treat writing as a career like some sort of picnic like many of the other sites do. http://www.jonathancrossfield.com/blog/2008/07/how-to-become-a-writer.html
4) Another obvious answer from someone who didn't seem to have much authority on writing http://www.boundless.org/2005/answers/a0001595.cfm
After these most of the websites get into more specific forms of writing and there are many sites on how to become a technical writer, or a copywriter..different genres like that. Ultimately, I would like to become a novelist and I think the advice Margo Rabb gave everyone at 826Michigan is better than what any of the websites said.
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