You Will Never Be A Stephen King Until You’ve Became An Oprah

In today’s world, the best chance at becoming a successful writer is to become successful at something else first and foremost

A Grain of Salt | ElbyJames
4 min readDec 15, 2019

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We’ve all said it before, “I want to be a writer.” Haven’t we?

We all want to be popular content creators whether it’s blogging, writing a column, penning a novel, writing an award winning screenplay, being an editor for a major newspaper, or a best selling author.

What makes other people’s content better than ours?

Nothing really.

Having the desire to write is the first step on our journey. Starting a project or a book is the next step. The final step for most of us on this writing journey is giving up.

[QUALITY] CONTENT IS KING

We’ve all heard it and read it a thousand times before, you must have quality content in order to get people to take notice of your writing.

“And this is what being an artist means, being a poet? To sacrifice yourself for your art, sacrifice your heart for your art, because it’s only through something broken that something beautiful can grow.”
Charlotte Eriksson, Empty Roads & Broken Bottles; in search for The Great Perhaps

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A Grain of Salt | ElbyJames

ElbyJames is an American disabled combat vet exiled in the UK & a free speech absolutist. He’s an occasional Top Writer