No Limit Agency

Dear fresh-out-of-college writer,

When I graduated from college with my creative writing degree in 2013, I too was bright eyed, bushy tailed and perhaps a touch delusional. I whole-heartedly believed that all it took to create an instantaneously flourishing writing career was hard work, meeting deadlines and kindness. Connections? Who needed them?

Because I&rsquo;ve been in your very shoes, I&rsquo;ve mapped out five&nbsp;pieces of advice that I wish someone had shared with me three and a half years ago. New, inexperienced writer, you&rsquo;ve got this!

1. Don&rsquo;t let haters get you down

Your family will suggest you become an English teacher. If that&rsquo;s not your calling, don&rsquo;t do it! You don&rsquo;t want to be stuck in a career you won&rsquo;t find joy in.

Also, you&#39;ll hear a lot of people say,&nbsp;&ldquo;Oh journalism? That&rsquo;s a really tough industry.&quot; That&#39;s what well-meaning acquaintances will respond when you tell them you&rsquo;re moving to a new city to pursue writing. &ldquo;Journalism is dying,&rdquo; is another particularly unwanted comment, and so completely untrue. But my favorite is, &ldquo;not everyone can make it as a writer.&rdquo; Super helpful!

Every cynical remark, every comment that actually sounds like a big ole whopping &ldquo;you can&rsquo;t do it&rdquo; should make you that much more determined.

2. Bring dish gloves to your coffee shop gig

Working part-time at a coffee shop while struggling as a new writer sounds pretty romantic, right? Wrong.

Coffee shop gigs, especially for the newbies, involve hours of dishwashing. When you&rsquo;re standing there, staring at a splattered wall and wondering if your degree means anything, it helps not to have the pruney-est hands of all time. Trust me.

3. Celebrate your achievements along the way

Even though you&rsquo;re not going to &ldquo;make it&rdquo; immediately, there will be plenty of writing achievements you&rsquo;ll be ecstatic about along the way. My personal accomplishments include&nbsp;working my stories into some of the most prolific publications in Chicago, building a network among Chicago&rsquo;s local fashion industry and securing interviews with ease, if not genuine excitement, and finding my way in local,creative organizations where I met some of my most valuable mentors.

Celebrate those moments, even if your glass slippers turn back into Target sandals when you get home.

4. Don&rsquo;t take yourself too seriously

This isn&rsquo;t Gossip Girl, and you&rsquo;re (probably) not going to write your way into the city&rsquo;s elite to become the ultimate insider. So don&rsquo;t be a whiney Dan. The moment you begin feeling like everything you write holds crazy amounts of importance, it stops being fun. And no matter what, know that you&rsquo;re among the many writers who often feel like half, if not most, of what they write is horrible. Your journal entries (probably) won&rsquo;t become a brilliant novel. That&rsquo;s okay.

5. Take a deep breath and keep on hustling

One day, you&rsquo;re going to get hired somewhere really awesome. Maybe it&rsquo;ll even be as cool as <a href="http://nolimitagency.com/?utm_source=1851franchise.com&utm_medium=article&utm_campaign=1851-franchise-an-open-letter-to-young-writers-9160" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">No Limit Agency</a>. And when you&rsquo;re offered that position, you&rsquo;ll know it&rsquo;s because you spent years growing as a writer, doing the work and becoming qualified.

I wish you the best of luck and loads of patience,

Carly

No Limit Agency&rsquo;s newest Content Producer

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