BLAZING A PATH:
THE WRITERS OF THE FUTURE

L. Ron Hubbard wrote the first of many articles and essays for new writers on the craft and business of writing in 1935 at the age of 25, the same year he was elected President of the New York chapter of the American Fiction Guild—the youngest in the Guild's history. His tenure as president was heavily devoted to the neophyte author. He fought for their admission to the Guild in the status of "novice" and otherwise worked to ease their entrance into the fiercely competitive world of writing. He lectured on the realities of writing as a profession at schools like Harvard and George Washington University, and the "how to" articles he wrote and published then and later continue to be used widely today, and are the basis for the annual Writers Workshop, for winners of the L. Ron Hubbard Writers of the Future Contest.