What should I do to become a writer?

Some of the things you need to do to become a good writer is to write about things that you enjoy and do proper research on the subject. Always make sure that the quality of your writing is the utmost. Use proper spelling and punctuation,and remember that because it is a long topic or article does not mean that it is a quality product.

well there are plenty of good books in the library that may be able to help you, but if you are willing to go back to school, look into a local college that offers night classes and take some writing courses there, but otherwise, start writing! just write what you feel right now.

Practice writing and have others read it. The other part is you need to read. Read articles, books, whatever and find a style that you feel comfortable with. All of the great writers read a lot as well.

I am a writer but so far have only published online with Associated Content. They pay people to write articles. I am in the middle of revising my short stories to get them ready to be published in print, off line because I don't want to be just published online either, seems too easy to me. I have been thinking of taking a writing course also to make me a better writer. Creative writing and English are the main ones I have been thinking of looking into.

So I do think it is a good idea to take a writing course or two but I don't think it is absolutely necessary. If you're a good writer, you're a good writer, simple as that but since I need help with grammar, a writing course is necessary for me to be a published author.

You can check out this forum for writers if you aren't already on there.

http://www.accentuateservices.com/xmb/index.php

This forum will help you with your writing. You can get advise, meet other writers, find paying writing jobs, post your writing for critique and feedback and so much more. My user name on there is cwilson26. Hope to see you there! Good luck with your writing career!:)

Well what you need to do is keep writing and not stop. That's what everyone else has told me. Keep writing and do and try to find that inner voice of yours. I've been writing for a long time and I have finally written a story that I am proud of. I've finished five chapters the most I've ever written. Keep writing and good luck.

i think just do it...start with...

1. keep a daily journal and write anything that comes to your mind...you might just get a story idea from free-writing about anything...
2. you dont need more education to be a writer...you have enough already...maybe take a creative writing class or publishing workshop to get feedback from other people about your writing and the novel that you would be working on at the time...to help steer you to the right direction in your career, and maybe see who your target audience would be...
3. also do some blogs for feedback from internet people because you will be getting feedback from a broad range of people all over the world...and that is good market research for your future novel, as well as future ideas.
4. buy on of Natalie Goldberg books. i have one with writing exercises for when i have writer's block...it is called Wild Mind: Living the Writer's Life
5. do some meditation for ideas.
6. do some internet research
7. read a lot, magazine, novels, nonfiction, newspaper, etc, whatever you are into
8. Go out and live...ideas come from living and experiencing life, watching people and recording interesting ideas and people you might come across.
9. chatrooms are interesting place to get ideas and characters...
10. talk to other writers and see how they did it.

You're on the way to becoming one if you want to take that next step! I don't know if I have a book in Me,but I feel the Internet has many outlets for budding authors with the options of online publication,ebooks,and sites that seek out storywriters in many different genres..
Someone said "Writing is 10% inspiration,and 90% perspiration!" If You have your Idea,research the subject,and prepare for some serious keyboard bashing...Good Luck!

Read more n write more.Ask someone else to give you some advice adout your writting.I think to be a good writer you should write in your own style,it's really important.

Buy a book called The Writer's Market. This is a listing of all the publishing houses and what they publish. This will provide you with all the resources you'll need to get on paper. You'll need to follow the guidelines in the book to a tee for each publishing house to be considerd sobefore workingon whatever your wanting to write, be it magazine articles or books, look through and find your target first.
Being a writer takes no formal training unless your wanting to be hired on as a tech writer or something for a company. Having a literary agent isn't a bad idea though. I had a contract with a publishing co. to publish a children's manuscript of mine. If you want their name, contact me privately. They were to publish my manuscript within two years of the contract. I even got to choose an illustrater. Two years went by... nothing. I contacted them by certified mail. No response. Called, no response. The person I who signed the contract was no longer with that co. Then, another co. published a hauntingly similar book to mine. I called that co. Guess who was working for them! Before I signed the contract I had my brother, who has many publishing credits, look over the contract. He told me that it wasn't really worth the paper it was printed on. It was full of loop holes. I should make admendments and have them sign it before I did. Did I listen? No! I was too excited. I was afraid to rock the boat. I just wanted one good publishing credit before I started making demands. HMMP! The point is, a literary agent or contract lawyer may not be a waste of money. I was so put off at the literary world by this that I haven't sent another manuscript off since.

I've written for a while and ideas tend to spawn from social situations or from stories I read. It depends on what I'm attempting to write. If I am creating a poem I tend to resort to current events topics, for a screenplay I usually do research with other films so on and so forth. Inspiration is everywhere, try to keep a pen and pad around or maybe a tape recorder to capture things when you aren't able to take the time to write, these are usually the best ideas.