Ricky Said:

Looking to start a career writing. Know it'll take a while- any suggestions for a beginner??

We Answered:

Write write write write

Look at all the options for writing.

Read many different things. Submit your stories to magazines and periodicals that you read (look in the inside cover).

Join writers groups in your area .

Buy the writers digests and magazines that often contain lists of publishers.

and write write write.

A few stories is not a career.

But if you can publish a few and feel encouraged then over many years you can build your future. But one day you will have to make a choice, keep working or quit and write full-time. That day you may become a writer.

Jill Said:

Why do young authors seem to amount to little in their future careers?

We Answered:

I hope not.