Gaining Exposure As A Writer

Manifest What you Want, Whenever you Want....

One dream a lot of people have is that of "being a writer" - either because they love writing, or because they imagine it would be a fun job to have, or even because it was just a thought that dropped in their mind and they decided to pursue it - but one of the big things, when it comes to having success as a writer, is figuring out how to get exposure, and this is not necessarily as easy as it seems it might be!

When it comes to trying to be a writer, one of the big things to realize these days is that the Internet helps you to get your name out there; if you are wanting to gain exposure as a writer, you should start a blog and start writing on it every day - and once you have a fair amount of content on your blog, you can also increase your blog traffic by asking other bloggers to write guest posts on your site, and by being willing to write guest posts on others' blogs!

A lot of people start out by working on a full-length book (whether it is fiction or nonfiction) when they want to be a "writer," and while this is certainly a good thing to pursue, one thing that will help you to get some exposure is to write some shorter works as well; if you are writing fiction, write some short stories and start submitting them to magazines and contests, and if you are writing nonfiction, write some articles on your topic of interest, and submit these articles to a variety of journals, waiting for one to give you that ever-important "publishing credit."

And when it comes to becoming a writer, one of the toughest things is that you can go ages without getting any serious recognition or exposure, but make yourself aware of the fact that as long as you keep working and keep putting your work out there, you will eventually encounter your breakthrough. Eventually, the right person will stumble across your blog and increase your readership tenfold, or your story or article will get picked up by a major publication, or that full-length book you have been laboring over will land a publishing deal and make your dreams of being a real writer come true!