I want to make a lot of money and start my career by writing fictional books. How should I start?

1) Read Bird by Bird by Anne Lamott. 2) Read James Altucher's website for advice on writing. 3) Write stuff. 4) Rinse and Repeat.

Read a lot. Learn tons and tons of words. Thoughts are limited to vocabulary. More you read, more you will be able to write.

Start by realizing that you could spend a whole year writing a novel that might never ever  get published. And then, you'll have to spend several months writing another book in the hopes of getting that one published. Keep in mind that even if you succeed in having a few books published, it doesn't mean you will "make a lot of money". If you still want to write books despite all this, then my advice is to buy (or borrow from the library) books on writing. Most provide detailed steps on how to construct a novel and some give advice on publishing as well.

You're unlikely to make a decent living, let alone get rich, from writing fiction. Even with the minority of writers who can afford to write fiction full-time, very few of them will get especially wealthy off it. You need to find a paying job and write fiction on the side. There's plenty of good advice on how to go about writing in the other answers here, elsewhere on Quora, and in myriad books, articles, writers' groups, etc. The handy thing with writing is that it has negligible material costs - you need little if anything in the way of capital, supplies, equipment, location, etc. It's quite amenable to being done well part-time, assuming you have the ability combined with the dedication to finish projects (you'll have to have both; plenty of folks have the former without the latter, and the latter is a bit tragic without the former). If at some point out in the future your sideline is generating enough income to live off, by all means revisit the issue. In terms of how you start right now, sit down and write. That's it. Ultimately, you have to write, a lot, or all the rest of my and everybody else's well-intentioned advice is meaningless. This is all assuming your primary aim is to write fiction. If your primary aim is to make money, writing fiction isn't a sensible approach.

Most writers will never make much money. If you are interested in pursuing writing after learning how little money there is in it, there are a few ways to get started. 1. Write short stories and try to get them published in literary magazines or local publications. 2. Form a writing group and exchange writing back and forth with them. 3. Join a site like scribophile that allows you to read others writing and share critiques. 4. Read. 5. Read books on writing.

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