They should require enough effort to cause you to stretch, but not be ridiculously unattainable. In addition, each time you have the courage to put your work out into the publishing world, you gain an inner strength and your writing momentum will build. You begin to feel a sense of control over your writing destiny. S o take the next step and send your manuscripts or article ideas out tirelessly until you see them in print. Continue to seek to improve your writing by reading books and articles on our craft.
School is never out for the pro.
As arduous as that sounds, remember that while many of the world's best-known writers were rejected hundreds of times, just as many may have succeeded on a third or fourth effort. Don't let the fear of success keep the words inside you from reaching the printed page. There is but one quality that separates the published, working writers of the world from the rest who spend their lives with a bestseller pining away for want of a publishing contract, and that is the confidence to send their work out and hope for the best. It's entirely possible that what comes your way next could be a contract and a check. The author of hundreds of published newspaper, magazine and corporate articles, she is a regular contributor to six regional publications.