Walter Mosley_A Writer's Perspective

      http://www.nytimes.com/library/books/070300mosley-writing.html

 Mr. Mosley offers his exclusive insight on how to write effectively. He states that in order to get better at something you have to do it everyday. He was referencing writing in this case. There is a saying that goes that it take 10,000 hours in order for you to master anything. There is another saying that says that the journey of a thousand miles started with the first step. There are a number of different and effective cliches out there that relates to starting a writing project such as a book or screenplay. Craig Jarrow also stated himself that the hardest part about writing is writing.

 It is having the discipline to sit down in a not distracted area to have absolute focus in these situations. Mr.Mosley states that nothing we create is art at first so it is important that we do not get discouraged by it not being a masterpiece after the first go around. Writing, just like everything else is a learning experience. Keeping the heart and mind open to writing and actually doing it is a lot better than being focused on the number of words or pages or pages you have. I agree with Walter Mosley in his opinions about the writing process. I believe that if you are a part of the active process of learning different writing styles while reading a lot more you would naturally get better at doing it as you go along.

I think that the writer's perspective has changed in the social media environment. This is because there are a lot more opportunities for an individual to brand themselves in a variety of ways because they have a lot of options on social media sites such as Facebook or Twitter. They can keep their readers up to date with their writings but having them subscribe to their social media page or simply add images that coincide with your content. For example RSS Feeds or HootSuite is an application program that allows all the social media sites to be on online central platform. You may use Hootsuite with Twitter, Facebook, and other popular social media sites. Not only that but if you have readers subscribed to your blog then the second you post something on your site, it notifies Facebook, which with then be updated on Hootsuite.