--- title: "1 Started Writer Quotes By Jeffery Taylor" description: "1 Started Writer quotes by Jeffery Taylor. Plus more from Jeffery Taylor and more Started Writer sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8fc/jeffery-taylor-62053_book_my-last-point-about-getting-started-as-a_1238541.png" --- > [My last point about getting started as a writer: do something first, good or bad, successful or not, and write it up before approaching an editor. The best introduction to an editor is your own written work, published or not.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeffery-taylor/my-last-point-about-getting-started-as-a-writer-do-something-first/) [Jeffery Taylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeffery-taylor/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8fc/jeffery-taylor-62053_book_my-last-point-about-getting-started-as-a_1238541.png) ## More by Jeffery Taylor > [Congress will always couple one bad idea with another, the better to 'offset' them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeffery-taylor/congress-will-always-couple-one-bad-idea-with-another-the-better-to/) [Jeffery Taylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeffery-taylor/) > [Karma is the tension of the thread in the human tapestry.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeffery-taylor/karma-is-the-tension-of-the-thread-in-the-human-tapestry/) [Jeffery Taylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeffery-taylor/) > [Downey Savings & Loan receives high ratings from its customers in California in areas related to personal service and for being customer focused. Downey…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeffery-taylor/downey-savings-loan-receives-high-ratings-from-its-customers-in/) [Jeffery Taylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeffery-taylor/) > [My last point about getting started as a writer: do something first, good or bad, successful or not, and write it up before approaching…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeffery-taylor/my-last-point-about-getting-started-as-a-writer-do-something-first/) [Jeffery Taylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeffery-taylor/) > [The beaten path is the safest, but the traffic's terrible.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeffery-taylor/the-beaten-path-is-the-safest-but-the-traffic-s-terrible/) [Jeffery Taylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeffery-taylor/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/started-writer/jeffery-taylor/#itemlist", "name": "1 Started Writer Quotes By Jeffery Taylor", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "My last point about getting started as a writer: do something first, good or bad, successful or not, and write it up before approaching an editor. 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