The Seven Habits of Successful Writers

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Leslie GreffeniusFollow

Abstract

One of the thrilling but daunting tasks of becoming a better writer is that you have to design your own curriculum. Sure, you can participate in helpful writing workshops taught by admired authors or read various experts' books on craft, but you still have to choose for yourself which courses to take and what books to read. Even if you attend an MFA program, you have to decide what to write and how, whether or not to outline, how to undertake revisions, when and where to submit your work and so on. In many ways, writers are their own teachers, responsible for their own flounderings and successes and ultimately answerable only to themselves. Generally speaking, no one even cares what you do, which can be both a bad and a very good thing. Still, in any career you embark upon, including writing, there are certain cultivatable habits that can make your job easier. And although writers have different ways of allocating their writing time and different methods of operating (some create meticulous outlines before beginning, others vomit out first drafts, etc.) there exists among writers something of a consensus on the habits that fuel success.

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Recommended Citation

Greffenius, Leslie (2020) "The Seven Habits of Successful Writers," The Review Review: Vol. 1: Iss. 1, Article 38.
DOI: 10.33972/trr.48
Available at: https://repository.gonzaga.edu/trr/vol1/iss1/38