7 Habits to Become ProWriters
All Seven Habits I have tested on myself over the last six months.
- Read a lot:
If you are not an avid reader or not developing a book reading habits of at least 2 hours or 100 pages every day, Your writing journey will be tough. A lot of newbie writers ignore it, the point is what you read do not need to write similar things, at least you should spend 90 days on book reading, you will get a lot of insights to write valuable things,
Do not write similar things to what you just read. I read dozen of articles on to become pro writers. Still, I am writing these 7 habits that tested over the six months and always tried to write your personal experience and personal touch. Personal touch gives you recurring readers to your blog or your articles. If you developed the reading habits throughout your writing careers, you would not struggle with new ideas or new words.
“A word after a word after a word is power.” — Margaret Atwood
2. Write a lot:
This is something you can not understand in the beginning. It was tough in the beginning. Write a lot meant it's unnecessary to write and hit the publish button; if you do not have any idea start with your personal goal, financial goal, and achievements. In the beginning, or write your day to day conversations with your loved ones. You do not try to write 500 or 1000 words,
Try to write less than 480 words, read time is not more than 2 minutes, make sure your single line statement must cover your message, Do not write anything to just consuming the readers time. You can write single words or single line enough to inspire your readers. a Few Words publication help you to publish your craft, make sure your craft matches the publication guidelines and vision.
“If you want to be a writer, you must do two things above all others: read a lot and write a lot.”
_ Stephen King
3. Read aloud:
In the beginning, I ignore it, although I am an avid reader but never read aloud. Once experimented with it for one month, it will give me more clarity. This technique helps you a lot when you edit your craft.
4. Edit a lot:
Fix your timing for editing work, Editing and writing you can not do simultaneously,
Read aloud, then edit your craft,
If your ambience does not allow you to read aloud, don't do editing work, 90% of writers doing their editing work silently might be experienced so that they can do it. Still, as newbie writers, it will not give you 100% accuracy in editing, 2 to 5 minutes you spent on reading aloud, then you edit your craft, you can see the difference yourself.
Edit word like a thorn in your way
5. Block the time:
These are the most incredible habits of every successful writer. Write every day simultaneously; generally, I follow just after wake-up 5 AM to 6:30 AM. I usually prefer to write, as a newbie writer you always struggle for new ideas and new words, block your time at least a minimum of 1 hour sit down the front of your laptop or with pen and paper, after 10 minutes your hand start typing if it does not happen in 10 minutes within a week you automatically start typing where passion your lies.
Block your time which means nobody can disturb you if it would not be possible to switch your phone into aeroplane mode.
“Being a good writer is 3% talent, 97% not being distracted by the Internet.” _ Anon
6. Write every single day:
You know that consistency is key in human life; procrastination is the enemy of your consistency.
Procrastination makes you tame while consistency makes you king.
If you are not consistent, you will not achieve any remarkable things in your life. Make it a habit to write every day. After 30 days, you can see the magic of daily writing.
This routine I follow for the last 90 days, now become my habits.
7. Inspirations:
“I only write when I’m inspired, so I see to it that I’m inspired every morning at nine o’clock.” _Peter De Vries
You must have inspiration in your writing journey. Either other writers inspire you, or already he is a well-known figure in the writing world. My inspirations are Ayodeji Awosika, and yours might be different. You must have a mental image in your mind; you will become like that automatically if you followed above all 7 habits.
Conclusion:
Last year before the pandemic, I do not know anything about writing; before the pandemic, I have only reading habits rest 6 habits I have developed over the 6 months. I have only written 60 articles so far, and all 7 habits help me a lot initially. All the 7 habits you can follow in the given sequence.
If you differ from these 7 habits, please write in the comment section.
Thank You for reading!