How to be that writer

you want to be a writer? Great! That's a good aim.

How do you become a writer? Do you take a degree course? A writer's correspondence course?

Well, those will certainly help, but they will not make you into a writer.

How do you really become a writer? It's simple. Now, this instant, you write the first ten words of your future career as a writer.

Doesn't matter what they are. Just ten words. A shopping list, even. A novel you aim to write, the first ten words of an article. A piece of poetry. Or even a Haiku.

I'll wait for a few minutes until you finish putting those ten words down.

OK. Now you are a writer.

Next, practice. Keep writing and good luck!