I know that I certainly have, which is just one of the reasons that I have this website.

So, this begs the question, just how would we know if we would be a good writer?

After doing a little research (and believe me, there is a LOT of research out on the internet on this subject) here are just a few indicators that you and I might be good writers, heck, perhaps even GREAT writers.

• Do you enjoy reading?
  • I always liked to read growing up. This may have waned a little growing up, but it has always stuck with me. I felt that I could escape from the problems of every day into a world created by an author to relax and experience adventure.
  • If you value reading in the same way that I did, even if it is for different reasons, then there is a good chance that, like myself, you wished to create your own world or idea to share with others. This is exactly what I did when I created the Bermuda’s Secret series.
• Do you have a message that you would like to put out to the masses? Do you have a story floating around in your head that you are dying to tell? Then you definitely have something to say, and the main medium to do it is through a book, screenplay, or some other form of the written word. Dare I add blogging to the mix?
• I don’t know about you, but as a full time blogger, along with being a published author, I view each new day as an idea mill that I might derive material from for a story. This works especially well in my daily blog post, but I have also used these experiences in many of the books that I have written, or will write in the future!
• This might seem repetitive, but you could write simply because you have something to say that is meaningful to you. If this is the case, it just might be meaningful to many others too. You just never know until you try!
• When I write, I always feel confident that my books will be well-received. One source I researched points out the if we are confident in ourselves, but a bit unsure at the same time, then we must be meant to be a writer.
• Do we always strive for improvement? As writers or aspiring writers, I believe that we do! (This applies to almost every chosen profession though.)
• Are there piles of notes, notebooks, or tablets totally filled with writing? I know that when I got really serious in my writing after I was recovering from having over half of my right foot amputated in December 2015, I certainly wrote on anything I could get my hands on because, I figured since I was going to have a 3-6 month recovery where I could not work, then it was now or never to revisit my first typewritten manuscript produced at the age of 20 while I was in the US Army. If you are one of those with copious notes, then you are likely a writer, ar at least have the ambition to become a writer.
• Do you get stuck on an idea or ideas, and it suddenly consumes you, to the point that you cannot concentrate on any other activity, until you get the premise down on paper! You likely have what it takes to be a writer–the drive!
  • Ever since I came up with the idea for my story (Bermuda’s Secret), I thought about it early and often. Of course, I was just a kid then. Then nine years flew by without giving it a second thought as junior high and high school interfered. Still, my story remained stuck firmly in the back of my mind, nagging at me faintly from time to time, until finally, it could not be contained any longer.
• Do you or did you have reference books, dictionaries, or even a thesaurus in your home when growing up?
  • I thought a thesaurus was some sort of dinosaur when I first heard of one.
  • When I was growing up, my family had several dictionaries, sets of encyclopedias, and a even a thesaurus.
  • Of course, back then computers were in their rudimentary stages at best.
• If you are like me, your life is likely very hectic! That is not a bad thing, but it lends very little extra time to pursue your goal of being a writer.
  • Do you write whenever the chance to do so presents itself, despite that hectic lifestyle or demanding career? If you do, then you are likely an aspiring writer!
  • Are there truly natural born writers? That’s a fair question. If you and I are, then we simply cannot go a day without writing something to further our main objectives. Here are a couple of things that I found out by researching a little more.
    • If one can be classified as a natural born writer, some of the following applies. (this is not an all inclusive list)
      • I read it in a site that I was researching that, apparently, a natural born writer simply cannot help themselves. They need to write. In a way, I am the same way. I am always thinking about writing and when I am blogging and I have some great insight (at least in my opinion), I keep an open word document open so I can add this insight to it for future use! It seems to work very well for me. I have derived a couple of manuscripts by doing this simple task.
      • If you are a natural born writer, or at least think that you are, then you will be the person who fits writing in wherever and whenever you can in your busy schedule!
      • If you are a natural born writer, then you will have no trouble writing at the “drop of a hat”. It is in your blood, as much as it is in mine! I feel empty when I cannot write something every day, hence my daily blogging.
      • When we write, time seems to stand still when we are “in the zone”. What we are writing seems to possess its own timeline, and we cannot ignore it.
  • I know that I can sometimes start writing, and before I know it, I have been writing for hours.
    • Believe it or not, it is not that hard to do once you get going. I’ve burned a whole night without even realizing it on more than one occasion! Many of you might have done the same thing.
    • The books or similar works that we sink oursleve into during the critical creation process represent for us, as the creators, a place that we invented, and the more that we write, the more real this creative place becomes. We soon find that we are very reluctant to leave it!
    • As our work progresses, and gains even more momentum as we pour our heart and soul into it, it might be time to seriously start to consider a publisher for our hard work.
    • I, myself, have selected Amazon’s Kindle Direct Publishing. They are easy to deal with and I have had no serious issues with following their stellar step-by-step method to getting published. Moreover, it is free!
  • We will know when we are a serious “natural born” writer when we notice that we are working more and more on our creation(s).
    • Do we scribble all the time in sprial notebooks, note pads, or any other scrap of paper within reach?
    • Do we fall asleep at the computer after a multiple-hour of marathon manuscript writing?
    • Why? When we reach this stage, we simply must write! Bloggers like me know this to be true. It is an addiction.

If you would like to find out more about having a website and becoming a blogger, this is where I learned to do it:

We soon find that we must write consistently to bring our goal to glorious fruition.

Simply put, we write because there is now no other alternative! We are rapidly approaching the finish line! We write simply because it is now a need! We have to write.

Make no mistake, not everyone will like what we right, and that is perfectly fine. We will still write even if people that we ask to review our work do not like it! Rest assured, there will be many that DO like our work!

As we write, we will eventually notice that the finish line is starting to appear! The euphoric feeling of completing the manuscript is palapable. The end is finally in view! The feeling is amazing. When you finish your first book or other literary work , you will experience this same feeling firsthand! What an awesome experience this is too! The feeling is indescribeable, you will simply have to experience it for yourself!

I was happy to see my finished manuscripts!

I was even more happy to have uploaded them to Amazon Kindle Direct Publishing after several tedious editing and proofreading sessions for each volume! Not to mention dealing with the US Government Copyright office, which was another grueling process, but it was also a valuable learning experience too.

You can do the same thing that I did, it just requires patience and perseverance, and developing your writing as a daily habit. Whether it be 15 words or fifteen pages that you write per day, as long as you are writing something, you are making progress. Pat yourself on the back for a job well done each day! Small steps will get you to where you wish to be.

I then decided to take advantage of Amazon Kindle’s paperback format offering too!

That ended up working out very well, but was extremely time consuming until I got the hang of it! The end result was equally rewarding.

A perfect end result is what we strive for!

Though it is never truly perfect. There is always some overlooked error no matter what we too. Don’t get hung up on that though, but strive for your work to be the best!

Until then, KEEP WRITING!