Becoming a writer first
You’re not all like me. If you’re lucky, none of you are. So this little piece of advice will be irrelevant.
Become a writer first, before you learn to write.
People like me, our personality type is obsessed with rules, logic and what is right. Problem is, that can be a huge stumbling block. We could study and learn all the rules, but we wouldn’t be better writers for it. In fact we’d spend more time worrying about getting it right than actually writing it, and so our projects would never be completed. And we’d spend more time learning to write, than writing.
No. Once we’ve turned out a body of work and convinced ourselves we really can write, then it is time to learn to write.
