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Yes, if you can answer yes to these questions?

Do you feel that working with language is the job for you?

Are you willing to put in time practicing?

Are you willing to learn how to edit your work?

Are you willing to study the writing business?

Are you willing to "hard sell" your work?

Will you keep writing even if you never sell a thing? - Someone with a true love for writing will do this, and this usually signifies bona fide talent.

If you answered yes to these questions, then you can make it work for you. There are so many resources out there for writers. I have favorite books that are so beneficial that I don't think any writer should be without them.

You can find writing books at the library, but the books I have listed below are must owns. You will use them again and again. And you must learn to be a reader. No writer will make it into the published circle unless that writer knows what publishers buy. Study your genre. Know what sells.
A professional is defined by Webster's as:

1. engaged in, or worthy of the high standards of; 2. engaged in a specified occupation for pay as a means of livelihood; 3. being such in the manner of one practicing a profession.

Does this discribe you? Are you a professional writer? I am.

Essential writing books

On Writing, Stephen King, (New York:Scribner) 2000. ISBN 0-684-85352-3

The Elements of Editing: a modern guide for editors and journalists, Arthur Plotnik, (New York:Collier Books/Macmillan) 1996. ISBN 0-03-047410-5

20 Master Plots (And How to Build Them), Ronald B. Tobias, (Cincinnati:Writer's Digest) 1993. ISBN: 0-89879-595-8

The 28 Biggest Writing Blunders (And How to Avoid Them), William Noble, (Cincinnati:Writer's Digest) 1992. ISBN 0-89879-504-4

The 38 Most Common Fiction Writing Mistakes (And How To Avoid Them), Jack M. Bickham, (Cincinnati:Writer's Digest) 1992. ISBN 0-89879-503-6

The Writer's Digest Sourcebook for Building Believable Characters, Marc McCutcheon, (Cincinnati:Writer's Digest) 1996. ISBN 0-89879-683-0

Description (Elements of Fiction Writing), Monica Wood, (Cincinnati:Writer's Digest) 1995 ISBN 0-89879-681-4

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