Post by FangedSmile on Jan 5, 2015 21:32:44 GMT -6
I started writing at a young age, like many writers. I loved to read more than anything, and loved to tell stories verbally. I never thought I was particularly original, in fact I'd rather tell people stories I'd read than anything I could come up with. But privately, I just enjoyed writing down day dreams and thoughts and even fanfics for books I'd read. It was just another level of enjoyment I got from reading. As I got older, I wrote more seriously. It was in High School when I began wondering what life as a writer would be like.
Mainly, the we are shown three sides. You either have the brilliant author whose publicist worships the ground they walk on and every book is immediately a Best Seller; the writer who sits at home doing nothing except writing and is constantly trying to finish the next chapter of their novel so their agent will quit hounding them, and the starving writer trying to make it big. What's the truth?
Well, there seem to be no end to the types of writers out there. Pay-to-publish companies have even added more types because you no longer need to send your novel to dozens of publishing companies, you just pay one company and you're an author with a published novel.
Part of becoming an author, is learning what it's like to be one. Here is a link I've been referred to many times: writingcommons.org/open-text/writing-processes/develop-effective-writing-habits/730-demystify-writing-misconceptions
Not all of the examples may apply to everyone. Just remember, the site makes broad statements, and broad statements are not always right because it's impossible to set one rule for everyone beyond "everyone needs water, food, and sleep to live."
So, read with an open mind.
Mainly, the we are shown three sides. You either have the brilliant author whose publicist worships the ground they walk on and every book is immediately a Best Seller; the writer who sits at home doing nothing except writing and is constantly trying to finish the next chapter of their novel so their agent will quit hounding them, and the starving writer trying to make it big. What's the truth?
Well, there seem to be no end to the types of writers out there. Pay-to-publish companies have even added more types because you no longer need to send your novel to dozens of publishing companies, you just pay one company and you're an author with a published novel.
Part of becoming an author, is learning what it's like to be one. Here is a link I've been referred to many times: writingcommons.org/open-text/writing-processes/develop-effective-writing-habits/730-demystify-writing-misconceptions
Not all of the examples may apply to everyone. Just remember, the site makes broad statements, and broad statements are not always right because it's impossible to set one rule for everyone beyond "everyone needs water, food, and sleep to live."
So, read with an open mind.