Realizing Your Writing Dream

I love today's photo poster. The picture itself is glorious, but the quote is also special. "I will take at least one step everyday towards achieving my dreams." 

As a writer, I can take that one step by writing something every day. Not some days, but every day. A habit is established if we write on a daily basis. Of course, there will be certain days when it is impossible, but only a few. Normally, we can make time for some writing, even if it is only 15 minutes or half an hour. 

Note the keywords in that last sentence--make time. Most of us are busy people, so making time to write is a necessity. Even if you do nothing more than write for 15 minutes in a journal, you have written something. Ideally, we would like to be able to set aside an hour or two, and there are times when that is possible.

Novelists and those who write for a living devote much of their day to writing, but many who write as an avocation or hobby spend less time creating than the one who writes as an occupation. We each know what is needed, and it is up to us to make it happen.

When we write every day, it becomes a habit. That habit will help us reach the goals we have set.

Another step towards realizing your dream of being a successful writer is to spend some time learning more about the craft, whether by reading or attending a conference. Doing either is time well spent in bringing you a little closer to being a published writer. 

There are writers whose dream is to write only for themselves or for family.  Is that wrong? Of course not. We each determine what our dream in the writing world is to be, and then we work towards that end. If you are writing in hopes of publication, that's fine, too. We each set our own goals, but we must all take the steps to realize that dream.