I started writing when I was onesix years old. To this day I love writing; I lovefact that we can translate words into images. It is incredible when I think about it. Everyone should write, writing isway to express your feelings, what you want, what you are.

There is no excuse. With word processors, which aregodsend byway, you can just start writing and you don’t have to worry about spelling mistakes, having to retype anything, and many other things. If you are reading this is probably because you want to write, but for some reason you haven’t done so.

If you think that writing will only take time away from you, you are wrong. Writing improves you in every way you can imagine. So what are you waiting for? Grab your copy of Microsoft Word, and start writing!

Before you do that, there is something you must ask yourself. Would you write even if nobody read it? If you answered yes to that question, you can begreat author. It is true that writing doesn’t become real until you haveaudience, but remember that at first no one will want to read what you have to say. Perseverance iskey. If you want to write well, you have to practice, practice, and practice.

For your writing to be successful, you also need to readlot. Reading is great. I’m sure you know what I’m talking about. If you are deciding whether you want to beauthor or not, keep reading.

I’m sure you’ve heardlot about authors such as Stephen King and Dan Brown. You probably think that they areonly authors that really make $$$, well that’s simply not true. When you go tobookstore, you see thousands of books. That means that there must be at leastfew thousand successful authors out there. That’s without counting e-books, online articles, newspapers, etc. And you can be part of that! The internet is growing like never before, people from all overworld are starting to read whatever you write. It’s justincredible opportunity.

So what do you think now? Writing is not only good for making money. Writing is also good for advertising purposes. A teacher of mine once told me “There are only two useful skills in life; to read and to write.” That’s one ofsmartest things I’ve ever heard.

You are probably thinking that if you want to write, then you will have to put aside other activities. That’s completely wrong. This day I write, I work, I havebeautiful wife, I study and I’m as happy as anyone can be. You tell me if you can’t do anything other than writing. I consider writinghobby.

So now you are probably thinking what kind of author you want to be. That’s totally up to you. Remember that you must write aboutsubject that is familiar to you. Ideas will just flow through your mind if you write about something you like. If you decide that you want to writebook, do so. Perhaps write about something that happened to you, or about something that you thought about at some point in your life. The things you can write about are endless! If you writegood war book, be sure to tell me, because I’m going to buy it.

Remember that success is achieved by ninenine% of failure. So if you were to fall, remember this and keep writing. Never stop writing. One thing thatworld lacks of are good authors, there are so many open positions. If you start now, who knows, infew years you could be making more money than Bill Gates can count. There are more and more people every day that like to read. Not because ofTV, which doesn’t help at all, but because education is greatly increasing all aroundworld. And since you are reading this you know how to read English and therefore, you can take advantage of this revolution.

Sobottom line is that you should start writing, and keep writing until you think about writing when you are not even writing.

This article was posted on January zerofive, twozerozerofive