If you are a new writer and you want to become more efficient, I recommend entering as many writing contest as you can.
After all, the more you write the better you will get and improve your skill which will open all the opportunities that writing presents.
People who are good writers are highly sought after in business.
There are so many things that must be written in a business such as manuals, public relations materials, advertising, marketing, reports, business plans, newsletters, and the list goes on.
Writing for a living isn't that easy because there are so many people doing it, and yet, there are a lot of substandard writers making a lot of money, so if you practice writing and writing well you will learn that you can keep up with everyone, and even better their best.
So, now you need to put pen to paper, or finger to keyboard and figure out a way to enter writing contests.
In November of every year there is a writing contest where every contestant is to write a novel in less than 30 days.
This is very difficult because you must develop your characters, tell a story, and then go back and edit it all in 30 days.
That's not easy for a full-sized novel.
Of course, there are many online writing contest, and one of my favorites is the one that asks writers to write 100 articles in 100 days, and there is a website you can post them online.
It's easy to keep track of because basically you have to write one article every single day for 100 days in a row.
It may sound like it is easy, but as you keep going you will see it's very hard to keep up with.
Well, that's about all I have to say except; "Writers Start Your Articles!"