TODAY our community, Becoming Writer, became a year old. Becoming Writer is a membership community that turns aspiring writers into daily writers, and I’m so excited that we’ve reached our first anniversary.
We wanted to do something awesome to celebrate, and so today, we’re announcing a new writing contest, which we’re hosting jointly with Short Fiction Break. The top story will win a $300 cash prize, and the two runners-up will get $100 each.
I’ve been teaching and coaching writers for four years through the Write Practice. I did the math recently and realized that in the last twelve months, we’ve helped over 2.5 million people become better writers.
As a writer and ghostwriter of four books myself, I’ve learned that there are a few common lies that writers tell themselves.
Today, we’re officially opening the The Write Practice Writing Contest, our first official writing contest in over two years.
But just in case you think you know what a writing contest involves, let me tell you that this is not your average writing contest.
Today, we’re officially opening the BW Writing Contest! But just in case you think you know what a writing contest involves, let me tell you that this is not your average writing contest.
Publishing is the most important step to becoming a writer. Writers are people who write things for others, not just for themselves or the benefit of their computer harddrive. If you want to become a writer, you need to publish.
However, besides the actual writing, there’s one step in the publishing process that’s so essential that if you forget it, you’re almost certainly going to have major issues.
If you follow a lot of writing blogs, you have probably heard a lot of the same tips about the finding-an-agent process. Here is some advice that you might not have heard before.
