START WITH ONE SENTENCE
A writer is not someone who has written a book. It's someone who has written at least one good sentence and hasn't run away to the fridge five minutes later.
Example:
"She walked into the room, and the Wi-Fi immediately disappeared..."
That's it, you're already creating intrigue. It's either a drama, or the beginning of the apocalypse. Or an affair with an IT guy.
DON'T WAIT FOR INSPIRATION
Inspiration is like an ex: it comes when you least expect it, and leaves at the most inopportune moment.
Write without inspiration, without a hairstyle, without meaning - and then edit, cry and eat chocolate. This is the literary process.
READ. A LOT. EVERYTHING.
The more you read, the more you understand how much has already been written... and how little of it is about your neighbor who grows cacti and sings opera at 3 a.m.
So, there is a niche - write!
CREATE A "WRITER'S ATMOSPHERE"
Get a cup in which you will pour coffee, but drink tea.
Buy a notebook in which you will never write.
Post philosophical stories on Instagram: "My words are a reflection of the pain of the era..."
And then write anyway in notes on your phone, lying under the covers, because inspiration suddenly came.
FIND YOUR GENRE
Try everything:
Wrote a thriller - came out The Diary of an Anxious Cat.
Wanted a novel — got a stand-up comedy.
Dreamed of fantasy — and ended up writing instructions for a microwave, but with soul.
The main thing is not to stop. Even if your hero hasn't been able to leave the kitchen for two hours — give him a chance. Or a frying pan.
SHOW THE WORLD
Let them read you! Even if it's your mom, grandma, and cat.
They are your first fans (well, except for the cat, he's just for food).
Publish a post, a blog, a story. The world won't collapse. If it does, write a thriller about it.
Becoming a writer is not about a diploma or thick glasses. It's about the fact that inside you there's a story scratching at you that you want to tell. And if you can tell it with humor — that's awesome!
So open your laptop (or notebook, or napkin), write, and don't be afraid of mistakes. The greatest writers also once thought that only their mothers read them.