Suggested New Year's Resolutions for Writers
Take Time to Renew Motivation for Writing
Whether it is fiction or non-fiction, it is common wisdom that in order to become a successful writer, one must write often and write well. Writing, like most crafts, must be practiced and honed in order to improve. It is a continuous process, and it can be difficult to keep up the motivation it takes to pursue excellence. However, New Year’s Day is a time for renewed enthusiasm, so here are some suggestions for New Year’s Resolutions for writers.
New Year’s Resolutions to Read More
A common suggestion to improve writing is to read a lot, but some writers do not read as much as they should. Reading improves vocabulary and gives the reader an education in what is pleasing or not to the reader, how a story should be structured, and so on. It also gives the reader ideas—while it would be wrong to copy a story or steal ideas directly from another writer, using ideas from several different sources as a starting point and putting a new twist on them can be a valuable way to come up with new ideas.
New Year’s Resolutions to Write More
There are various ways to resolve to practice writing more. Set a goal for daily or weekly dedicated, uninterrupted writing time. Choose a regular time and place and honor it just like a job.
Another way to resolve to write more is to commit to a specific output—such a certain number of articles, pages or words per week. Applying this to queries is also a great idea. Resolve to participate in National Novel Writing Month and commit to writing 50,000 words during the month of November.
New Year’s Resolutions to Learn to Write Better
Writing well does not come purely from writing a lot. It is a learned craft, with certain conventions that must be obeyed. Resolving to learn to write better is a great way to improve the chance for success. Resolve to improve grammar, sentence structure, spelling, story structure, and any other problem areas.
How to learn to write better? There are several ways: take a class, read a book, post small selections of work on a password-protected writer’s forum for critique (such as Accentuate Writers), hire an editor who will teach the writer when editing their work.
A new year is a great time for anyone to turn over a new leaf and make improvements in their life. For a writer, making New Year’s Resolutions to read more, write more and learn to write better will help them to become more successful at their craft.
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