Learn how to become a writer.

Do you want to become a writer? Do you dream of writing the next best-selling book? And you don’t have any idea how to start? If you ever dreamt of becoming a writer, then this article is for you.

In this article series, you will learn the following:

• Who is a writer?
• What do writers do?
• How to become a writer?
• Different types of writers
• Skills required to become a writer
• Tools used by writers
• Books and blogs to read to become a good writer

I was a small kid when I first held a book in my hands. And that very moment I knew that I wanted to be a writer when I grew up. As I grew up, I had dreams of writing my first novel and selling it. I had dreams of how my book would win The Man Booker Prize, and I would be a writer, happily ever after.

That would be my happy ending, a fairy tale.

And you know, fairies aren’t real, and life doesn’t give you a happy ending so easily.

I grew up reading books of different genres; I read fiction, non-fiction, phycology, economics, self-help, religion and what not. I was in awe with the way writers wrote their stories.

I was madly in love with the words. The way these words were crafted, the way each word meant so much more than it means. The way they controlled my emotions, controlled my tears and sadness. The way the words made me feel; happy, sad, envy, anger, disgust, and fear.

A book managed my emotions, and I asked myself if these writers can control my emotions, so can I take charge of the emotions of my readers?

And so, I set myself on a journey to be a writer.

It wasn’t easy. And it isn’t completed yet.

No one told me how difficult it is to write.

I didn’t know a damn thing about writing, yet my Facebook profile proudly said I was a writer.

I learned to write; I learned to express myself. I tried to understand people’s emotions, and I started to write articles and poems and Facebook statuses.

If Facebook ‘likes’ are a measure of success, then I was mildly successful.

I locked myself in a room and tried to write. I learned a few things, and now I feel the need to share the information that I have acquired after years of struggle.

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