: Re: How to become a productive/accomplished writer? I prefer writing short stories. Over the years, I have learnt many essential skills that I employ in my work. I believe (and this is my personal

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Writer's block is a myth. Talent? Well, it's a problematic and often misused term if you ask me. Replace it with "skill" and then you have something to work on.

Skill you can train, skill you can improve. Read books about writing, blogs, take courses, on and on. There are many ways to get a better writer. That's how you can get "accomplished".

Lauren already answered the productive part pretty well (also I cannot upvote her answer, because I do not think that agents and submitting is still the way to go). Nonetheless let me add how "writer's block" can be replaced with another (better) word: laziness.

Some also call it "resistance". No matter how you name it so, it must be challenged. We are all lazy and we must defeat this laziness every day, whatever we do. Browsing the internet, watching tv, there are so many distractions, all so much easier than doing the work that matters.

What leads us to Landsberg's answer (upvoted this time). If writing does not matter to you, don't do it. If it does, do! What "matter" means, is exclusively defined by you.

So if it matters, grab your pen/keyboard and start writing. It doesn't matter if you have ideas or not. It matters if you want to write or not. Put down letters, form them to words and construct sentences. Ideas will follow.

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