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There should be an 'anonymous' group for writers, like OvereatersAnonymous or Shoppers Anonymous. Just as everyone has to eat something,and everyone has to shop sometimes-which makes it hard to go 'cold turkey'if you're addicted to food or your credit cards-the same thing is true ofwriting. You have to write. You have to write a letter to the cardealership that messed you over, or to your child's teacher, or to the UPSdriver to ask him to please leave the food you bought online with your So it's no wonder people go from there to thinking maybe they could Obviously, if you're sitting here, you've had that idea. To be a professional writer, thoug
The process, these days, is simple. The only way professional writers get throughtheir lives, as far as I can tell, is hanging out with shrinks like WoodyAllen does, or becoming best friends with a bottle of booze in a warmclimate like Key West, like Ernest Hemingway did. But in the meantime, you needto be sending out more things. Here's what I have found out that requires: Patience. (If you've written shortthings published in your local paper, that helps. Finally, though, if your writing is good,one will say YES. But some willsell, sooner or later, if you're good and you have patience andpersistence. Sprinkle your words liberally around theworld. When you've been published once, you'll have thegreatly desired 'track record,' and then you can use that first sale toprove to other editors that you are a writer, and then they might buy yourwork too. Some of them will come back to you like a bad rumor.
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