Book Writing Basics : Tips for Beginning Writers
hi I’m Brenda Martin from Bryn Mawr communications in Tampa Florida here to offer you tips for beginning writers if you’re like me you’ve always wanted to write and you were never quite sure how to start until one day you just finally did and that’s actually the answer the answer to be a beginning writer or any kind of writer at all is to write write and write some more brush up on your writing skills if it’s been a long time since you’ve been in high school or college or had a class take the community college class or a high school composition Creative Writing adult education don’t feel ashamed to go back to school and learn how to do it all over again you’d be surprised at how things have changed and yet haven’t changed at all review websites there’s lots and lots of information online you can query all kinds of things how to get writing tips how to write how to get schooling all kinds of things learn learn learn you can do it online you can do it through schools also join a writers group you can find a variety of groups everywhere in the country through meetup comm or your local librarian and other places like that Google writers groups in your zip code also learn to market yourself one thing you don’t really think about when you think about writing is the marketing of the writer you the writer your writing and your creativity all need to be marketed and guess who’s gonna be the primary sales rep for that at least initially you so even the greatest writers need to be marketed you need to learn how to write query letters cover letters and web content starting with your own website if you develop your own website it’s a great way to practice your writing and get it out there on a 24/7 ad campaign for the whole world to see all the things that you can write all the things that you do even if you’re not a webmaster find someone who’s willing to do websites who might barter with you who put together your website in exchange for you helping write content for other websites that they have clients in need of also write for nonprofits and other low budget newsletters as a way to get your work out there to practice and hone your skills and and meet people in the industry just to make connections and contacts you’re not going to do it for free forever but it is a great way to get yourself and your wares out there so people can see and read the kind of things that you write most importantly of all in addition to writing writing writing is believing that you have the talent you have the capability and you have the determination to follow it through and through believing in yourself writing on a daily basis and getting out there networking people you too can be a wonderful writer I’m Brenda Martin with Bren Mark Communications