I was honored to be interviewed by Thursday Bram, as I am a fan of hers (and not just because of that ultra-cool name!) Her last question was about the very best piece of advice I could give new and intermediate freelance writers, which, for me, was a hard one. I ended up going with frequency- the most frequent question I am asked is "How do I get started?" Sometimes it's manifested in "What's the first step to _____?" or "I know I need to ______ but I don't know how!"
As I said in the interview at Thursday's blog, if I had to tell you one thing, it would be to start writing. Write a piece. Writer a personal essay. Write a magazine article on something about which you are passionate. My reasoning behind this is that this piece serves three purposes:
- It loosens the writing muscle.
- It shows you that you CAN.
- It gives you a polished peice that you can then start selling (in the case of a magazine article), or that you can use to sell yourself (in the case of biz-tech writers.)
So, what's keeping you from pursuing your dream?