What are the requirements to become a writer?

I still have an active login at Scribophile (I think), though I haven't posted anything there for a couple of years, as I've been busy on other stuff. I've never tried Authonomy: anything run by a publisher tends to favouritism very quickly in my experience, which means the published/well-known people always get better treatment and the newbies get nothing. I may be absolutely wrong, of course, but I despise cliques on any site and Scribophile was pleasantly free of them when I was there. Unfortunately, as noted above, I haven't written fiction for a couple of years - I was publishing my two non-fiction books and trying out niche sites and stuff instead!

Oh my! This is wonderful, Spike! Yes, I think I'll start here. Thank you very much for sharing these sites. I would look into them and participate. Are you, perhaps, a member of these sites as well?

Yes, I realize these things over the course of years I spent in school. Creative writing is rarely used in business and technical papers. It was like one has to switch langauge in dealing with the formal and informal writing for me. It was a bit difficult for me. I hope I can find a site where I can post my work and earn from it too. Soon.

I have saved both soft copy and hard copy. It's was difficult to let them go especially they were my thoughts converted to words and for each story they remind me of certain memories. But I don't want to be hired. I'm more like a novelist or like writers of pocket books. I'm someone who only works with what's in my own mind.

I'm an avid reader since young. And the books' language I very much prefer is American-English. The movies I love to watch are in English. You are correct that it's is not my native language. It's Filipino. As of now, I am still reading a lot of books. I make sure that I do everyday because I easily bore and a certified workaholic--especially when it comes to mental exercise. Thanks for the encouragement! I really needed it.

I am wondering how to sell books should I become successful in publishing them. Won't I need an editor for this one? Don't I need a company to send it to for reviewing before it can be sold to public? Those are just some of the things I'm wondering about...

I'm an avid reader so I would like to believe that I am quite good at writing now compared to how I was ten years earlier. Right now, I am re-writing a story I made when I was still in high school. But it seems that it would take me a while to complete it considering that I have to change some things in my plot. Right now, I am taking the course of Information Technology. I know it's not a course a writer would take but I am a writer and an image artist. I am also a programmer and I wish to have a background in game designing and programming. I draw my characters while I write their story and background. I just can't seem to not give any character I draw a story of their own. Anyways, right now, I am focusing on this pic's story: http://th06.deviantart.net/fs71/PRE/i/2011/231/1/0/once_upon_a_dream__vampyre_by_cakes_and_tarts-d4772gi.jpg It's a cliche already but it ain't related to any Vampire stories around. Nah-uh! It was made before Twilight and Vampire Diaries was ever published. I hope it turns out good. In fact, I'll make sure it'll be good. Thanks for the encouragement!