Dear Reader
How long have you wanted to be a writer? Was it an urge to express your fervent imagination as a child that got you started, or a more mature need to channel your experience and wisdom into a creative outlet? Other than curiosity, it doesn’t really matter (all we care about here is that you realised your writing dreams at some point!), but a lot of coaches and tutors do advise you to put in your apprenticeship, learning to write with training wheels before attempting to take your work to a wider audience. For some that’s about learning the basics, from grammar all the way through to narrative structure, for others, it’s more a question of getting into the swing and finding your voice. And make no mistake, the sooner you start, the sooner you can take off those training wheels.