: First, get an income stream you can live on while you write. It could take a long time to become successful, if you ever do. Second, read more than a few novels. If you like something,

First, get an income stream you can live on while you write. It could take a long time to become successful, if you ever do.

Second, read more than a few novels. If you like something, try to figure out why you like it. Read some classics. Neither Brown nor Doyle are world-class fiction writers, no matter how popular they are, and you'll have a better chance if you at least know what good writing is or can be. You can also read about creative writing. Some of the stuff you read will be very helpful, and some will be useless, and nobody else can tell you which is going to be which.

Third, write (you're starting on this one). Finish what you write. Do at least some rewriting, but don't go hog-wild.

Fourth, make sure your ego is resilient. You are going to write stuff you love, and you made it, and people are going to tear it to pieces in front of you.

Fifth, find some sort of writing group so you can critique each others' work and ask each other questions. From where you are, you're going to have to go through a lot of criticism before you're successful, and it would help a lot to learn how to criticize other people's fiction well. Face to face is best, if you can manage it.

Sixth, submit what you write when it appears to be good enough. There's plenty of resources on the mechanics and what you have to do.

Seventh, persist. Don't get discouraged for long (you will feel discouraged from time to time, but you need to snap out of it soon). Keep working.

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