"Wanting" to be a writer means squat
Eventually, you have to sit your ass down and write
The act of writing and creating a writing practice makes you a writer.
Publication makes you a published writer, but to be a writer, you simply have to write.
Yet, the simple act of doing the work is one of the hardest things. So may hopeful writers ask those published, especially the most prolific of writers, for “tips'' and “tricks” and, my dudes, listen to me here: anytime anyone has ever asked me about tips for writing, I have patiently and curiously listened to their particular challenges they believe they must first overcome in order to do the actual writing (some valid, some a bit much), but always eventually told them each the same: listen, you and I can talk about it all day, but eventually you’re going to have to sit your ass down and write. And it might suck and you might not feel like it. Make whether or not you feel like writing that day be irrelevant. Because you’re going to have to do it anyway.
But the best part of sitting down and doing the work in any creative discipline, is that once you make a practice of it that muscle gets strong fast.
