Help for Writers: Liz Curtis Higg’s Encouragement for Aspiring Writers

If you love to write and long to get published, here are a few tips to help you along your path toward publication.

The first step to getting published is becoming the very best writer you can be—obvious, I know, but it's the unavoidable truth (that is sometimes avoided!). Writing is both calling and craft. Once your calling is sure, it’s time to work on craft, those skills that always need improvement, even after a person is published many times over.

My own writer’s journey is so typical, I hope you won’t mind if I ...