So You Want to Be a Writer That’s Mistake #1
So You Want to Be a Writer? That’s Mistake #1
Metadata
- Author: Ryan Holiday
- Full Title: So You Want to Be a Writer? That’s Mistake #1
- Category: #articles
- Summary: The key to being a successful writer is having something meaningful to say rather than just focusing on the act of writing itself.
Engage in diverse experiences and explore different perspectives to develop a unique voice and compelling message in your writing.
Ultimately, being a writer is about sharing something important that you can't help but communicate with others. - URL: http://thoughtcatalog.com/2013/so-you-want-to-be-a-writer-thats-mistake-1/
Highlights
- The problem is identifying as a writer. As though assembling words together is somehow its own activity. It isn’t. It’s a means to an end. And that end is always to say something, to speak some truth or reach someone outside yourself. (View Highlight)
- Note: Dont be a writer. Be an interesting person. Then writing is easy
- So if you want to be a writer, put “writing” on hold for a while. When you find something that is new and different and you can’t wait to share with the world, you’ll beat your fat hands against the keyboard until you get it out in one form or another. (View Highlight)