Graowf's collected writing tips, pointers, reminders, and tools: http://wolf.ishly.me/write-minded/

I've been writing short stories, poetry, and even a couple of false starts on novels for many, many years, since I was in my early teens. Until recently, I've never considered it more than hobby nor have I considered making any more than a hobby of it. However, within the last couple of years, I've begun to seriously consider a career change and make it more than a hobby.

A good breaking point (if a career change is what I decide to do) opportunity will come in exactly seven years. So, I am taking coming years to seriously develop my skill as a writer and see where it carries me. The more I learn, the more I realize how much of an amateur I am, which is fine, and actually quite welcome. There is nothing more debilitating to a novice of anything than the hubris of deluded self-aggrandizement. Humility, I have learned, is pretty much the only route to greatness.

Now, I've found scattered lessons and pointers all over the place, and I tried to keep them in mind, but really, I should know better: (1) I can't remember everything, and (2) one really can't consciously think about more than one thing at a time. I personally need little lists and reminders to keep me on track. So, the other day I started collecting together what I found to be the most useful tidbits from here, there, and everywhere, as well as a few found only in the confused heap of gewgaws and whatnots inside my own mind.

I decided I'd post it all to my blog for easy reference for me anywhere, as well as in the hopes it might be of some use to other novice writers out there. So, without further adieu, because I've adieued enough, here is a link for those interested: http://wolf.ishly.me/write-minded/