How to become a writer

[billy]

Any of these questions you would like to discuss, I am very curious
I am a novice to the writing world, so this is my way of asking for help.
Hopefully answering some of these questions in this open space will help other aspiring writers on the site.
Thank you in advance if you take the time to respond.

What do you think is important in the process of becoming a writer?
An education? What kind of degree? A degree at all? Any books?

the ability to put experiences and imagination into words, with poetry the ability to do the same in a more profound, funny, brief, or satirical way, using a choice of poetic devices that poets use.

What kind of experience do you feel is needed to write?

you don't need them but all experiences help, so as many as possible.

What kind of writing jobs have you had?
How did you get your first job?

none, i'm a shite writer

How did you start out writing?

when i was very young, i lived on the streets, seldom if ever went to school. taught myself to read and write from newspapers and old books, i just loved that words could take me places nothing else could, i remember reading jules verne's 20, 000 leagues and after crying with excitement.

Can you remember the poem, story and/or film that helped you fall in love with writing?

i never fell in love with writing as much as i fell in love with words. for me they were a tool to survive. besides jules verne, i loved the daily mirror and any atlas i could read.

If you have been published, what did it feel like to be published for the first time?

twice in a mag but the mag was shite and so was the two poems that got published. i felt good for all of two minutes. then i read some of the other poems that were in the mag and they were shittier than mine (it wasn't what you'd call an elite mag, though ron silliman had a couple published in it )

How do you feel an aspiring writer should go about becoming a writer?

write a lot, read a lot more than you write but read with a critical eye. join a forum like this and take heed of the good feedback while discarding the silly or bad feedback.