By Men with Pens
It’s not a question anyone really wants to ask themselves – but it is the most necessary question in professional writing.
And if the quality of writing around the web is any indication, it’s a question very few writers ask themselves.
Most people starting out as professionals will receive the following advice: write. Just write. Keep writing.
I know. I give that advice myself.
Recently, though, I realized that this advice is only useful after you’ve asked yourself the all-important question: are you good enough to begin? Because if you’re not good enough to write professionally, then the only thing you’ll accomplish by writing and writing more and keeping on writing is –
Well. A lot of bad writing.
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