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Rated: E · Editorial · Educational · #1990520
Learn what others did to succeed and achieve your dreams.
Writers and bloggers

What are you? Whichever you are, or want to be, let’s be realistic here. You want to be a successful writer, or a blogger, just like me… winks!
On the course of my search for greatness and success, I stumbled upon so many compelling and astonishing secrets that pivoted them to where they are today.
#1: Passion
This is about your love for creating and communicating your work to the world.
I graduated as a trained building engineer, a professional course that can drive me fume at the snap of my fingers. But here I am, with my pen and pad, laptop and phone; writing voraciously like I never studied algebra and correlation in school.
Passion is why am writing today, passion is what brings creativity and fulfillment to me.
#2: Prose
Someone calls it the “Holy Trinity of Content”; reading, writing, and sharing.
Write, write, and write some more. It’s important to write five greater sentences per day than five mediocre pages; don’t get so caught up in words count that you forget about quality.
I always fancy inspiration, but you don’t have to keep waiting for it to come. A carpenter doesn’t need inspiration to make a table, it’s his profession. If he’d wait for inspiration to hammer in a nail, he would never make anything.
#3: Read
Haven’t you heard that not all readers are writers, but all writers are readers? When you are not writing, read. My book (Your Right TO Read And Understand) guide you to understand your fundamental right to read.
Read everything you can get your hands on, and not just books that are particular to your kind of genre; learning is dynamic. Who knows if you’ve actually chosen a genre that might not suit you if you don’t read to find out?
If you are a nonfictionist, read fiction and see. If you’re writing a fantasy tale, grab a business book. The more you read, the better your horizon is broadened, the better a writer you become.
#4: Finish your writing
When I failed in my first book –which was due to misinformation, I was so ashamed to continue my work and had to stash them covered in dust and cobwebs. That’s cowardice!
You need to fight cowardice and finish the work you’ve started, I mean, even if you come to hate that piece. Even if it sucks.
Starting a book and never finishing it means you’re not a true writer –you’re just a wannabe. Have you ever seen supermarket that opens stall only for customers to come sight-see? Or have you seen a practicing cook stir a cake endlessly without ever putting it in the oven? Not possible!
So go finish that book you’ve stashed away, like I once did, and be done with it, for better for worse.
#5: Platform/Publish
In my detailed research, I never read of any successful writer, or blogger, that gained fame by having his huge collection of books, and blogs, heaped in his magnificent shelve.
They took the courage to hit the “Publish” button to show the world what they had to offer. It’s actually not a difficult thing to do. For what kind of writer or blogger would he be if he’d kept his collection for his kin? Everyone wants to be heard, what about you?
You need a platform to reach the world.
My platform is blingzconcept.com, I have reached out to so many people that I never thought I could ever meet or know. Of course I want the whole world to hear what I have to offer; and I bet you they are listening real good.
#6: Learn
You would be accurately mistaken if you think just writing and showing the world what you can do with words is enough. It helps you gather feedback so you can listen and learn.
Take in seriously what people say regarding your writing, it’s what is best for business. Improve your skills, and with each work you publish, observe how you can become an even better writer the next time.
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