Hans shmidheiser tips for aspiring writers

Hans Shmidheiser: Tips for Aspiring Writers Achieving success in the writing profession requires a significant amount of hard work, not to mention a certain level of passion, imagination and resolve that will eventually provide the fuel for a piece to truly become powerful, transformative, inspired and even transcendental. A well-known foreign affairs journalist, as well as the author of the increasingly popular Johnny Normal book series, Hans Shmidheiser understands that writing success, no matter your level of talent or determination, is never something that can be accomplished overnight, and that aspiring writers should always be ready, prepared and focused to meet these challenges throughout the course of their careers.

Hans Shmidheiser understands how uniquely personal the writing experience is for each individual writer, though he is also a believer in, and practitioner of, certain behaviors, methods and ideas that have afforded him the chance to not only survive, but to thrive. Below, Shmidheiser seeks to share several basic rules of writing he believes to be paramount to any writer’s success.

Read Everything You Can Writers, inevitably, tend to follow paths into certain genres, and for better or worse, continue down those paths for much of their careers. Hans Shmidheiser, a writer of absurdist fiction, understood long ago where his talents were taking him, and though he continues to challenge himself by taking on outside projects, is still committed to the style and genre that have made him such a rising star.

Hans Shmidheiser understands the tendency for writers to become trapped in the “echo chamber”; and to read only novels that relate to their work. As he knows, however, it’s always best to read anything and everything you can, and to challenge yourself, your ideas and your methods as much as possible.

Your Time is Important. Protect It The time and space in which you write are not only important to what you produce…they are also essential to any sort of output. Do your best to protect the sanctity of your writing process from everyone, even loved ones, as the process itself is without a doubt absolutely integral to what you do.

Always Have Something to Write On You never quite know when inspiration is going to strike, making it important to have a notebook or paper always within arm’s length to jot down ideas whenever they hit you. Hans Shmidheiser never leaves the house without a pen and paper, as some of his best ideas cam at what seemed like the most inopportune moments.