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Let’s begin at the beginning.   Let’s first talk about what writing is not.   Writing is not easy.   You will have to work hard to become a better writer.   Writing is not a mere transcription of your thoughts as they happen to come to you.   You will have to logically organize and edit your ideas in order to write effectively.   Writing is not quick and simple.   You will have to rewrite, and then rewrite again if you hope to be considered a true writer.   What is writing?   Writing is transformative.   As you become a better writer, the clarity and the quality of both your thinking and speech will improve.   Writing is self-investment.   As your writing becomes better, you will become better. Accomplished writers prove to be better students.   Upon graduation, accomplished writers prove to be more highly sought-after job candidates.

Writing is power.

Writing is both an art and a craft.   Art is in the hands of God.   If you were meant to be a professional writer who will one day be recognized as an artist, you already have that in you and I can do little, if anything, to change the course of your life and career.   Few among us, however, are artists.   While almost anyone can learn a craft.   If you want to learn the craft of writing, I believe that I can help you.   First, you must have the proper tools. When writing, you should always have a dictionary and a thesaurus within arm’s reach.   I recommend Webster’s New World Dictionary, College Edition along with Webster’s New World Thesaurus.   You probably have (or have access to) a personal computer with word processing software.   You should write with that.   It has been the greatest boon to the writer — ever.   I cringe when I think of what I went through as a writer in college: spending hours at the typewriter, fumbling with correction ribbons, starting over and over again in frustration.   I would have given anything to have one of these incredible word processors now at your disposal.   Its ability to add, delete, check for...