Hello! I am new to writing and am in dire need of encouragement
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Hi everyone. My name is Theresa. I am from Malaysia, and I am so happy to have found "shewrites.com" and this group. I am looking to start a blog, but I am lacking of courage as I have never been a good writer. But, I would really want to venture in it, and I looking for some guidance and encouragement. How do you know when you are good enough? Perhaps I can share my work with someone here to get some critique? Looking forward to hear from some of you, and thank you in advance... :)
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  • Hello fellow writer, From my experience as a writer, I think we all have felt we may not be good enough to be an author. However, you will never know unless you are willing to try. I encourage you to keep working on your writing craft and read about your genre. Nothing ventured, nothing gain! Best of luck, Rose
  • When I first started blogging I didn't nail down what I wanted to blog about. So after I wrote my first post I hadn't written anything else for a few months. By then I found what I wanted to blog about, all things writerly. Sharing write tips, my writing journey, doing book promotions and blog tours and cover reveals, participating in monthly writing community bloghop, etc. My first blog was on Weebly then I graduated to using Wordpress. If you're that worried about writing the only way to improve is to keep writing. But make sure your blog has a focused topic you're passionate about, it'll make it easier to write. If you're still worried vlogs are becoming a thing. You can make a video using YT or another platform and upload it to your blog. You're going to make mistakes but they'll get smaller and smaller along the way. Here are some links and examples: Here's a link to my 1st blog post http://iheartallstories.weebly.com/paving-my-road-of-authorship-one-baby-step-at-a-time/archives/05-2013 Nina Amir is a blogger coach with a lot of useful information about blogging, finding topics, growing your audience, etc https://howtoblogabook.com/tag/tips-for-bloggers/ Kelly Hashway is an author of cozy mysteries and writes romance under the pseudonym Ashelyn Drake. She's been blogging for several years and started doing vlogs since May. https://kellyhashway.blogspot.com/