Do you actually want to be a writer and actively pursuing that goal or do you just want to be a 'writer' because you romanticize the idea?
dont want to be a writer. just want to get laid. lib girls are just my type.
>>7434217
I want to write because I have a bunch of ideas in my head and want to coalesce them and also because I love playing with language.
>>7434217
I romanticize the idea because I don't have the talent to be a writer.
>>7434217
What di you mean?
What's the difference?
I don't want to be a writer
I write because I enjoy it, not because of an identity it gives me
jeez, you kids
only discernible talent I have in life in in writing. It comes naturally while everything else seems incredibly difficult and painful.
>>7434217
A little of both.
I've written two novels, both unpublished, and a slew of short stories (first paid acceptance a few months ago). So, I clearly have the drive. I'd be lying if I said I didn't enjoy complaining about being a starving artist, though.
I bounce between living with my parents and living with my crazy girlfriend in order to avoid getting a job. I get dropped from my dad's insurance next month, though, so I need to figure out a way to pay my bills.
Part of me enjoys being able to talk about how crazy my life is; the other part is lying awake at 3am wondering what the hell I'm doing with my life.
>>7434217
I wrote a book and I'm trying to get it published
I like to write shit. It's fun and doing anything else makes me want to kill myself
I'll inevitably have to do something else but until then I'll have fun
>>7434217
I want to be a writer because I don't know if I can do anything else.
>>7434392
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>>7434380
Enjoying it is as shallow a reason as identity
>>7434217
I don't think i will ever read enough to feel i can write something, eventhough i know i have talent.
I am more concerned about keep reading the things i find interesting.
>>7434217
I don't want to be a writer, but I've recently started pursuing an artistic field again after dropping out of a stem degree because of dissatisfaction.
>>7434217
I want to be a writer because every other form of work is unbearable and a waste of time.
>>7434392
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>>7434217
all i know is music and books
i really don't have much of a future in anything else desu
>>7434392
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I don't have the best discipline but i do write, read books about writing, listen to podcasts about writing, and have an English degree with a writing emphasis.
I also romanticize the idea. Writing is my dream job.
It's possible to do both.
>>7434966
Writing is the best waste of time.
>>7434392
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I`m in last year of University and after beating the idea around, decided to start writing since I opted out of having any artistic pursuits most of my life. I hope to be actively pursuing the goal.. trying to start hammering down a solid schedule and all that.
So now, if I`ve just started trying to write more seriously (as in I`ve played around but never finished anything significant) should I be entering contest/using them as milestones? Or just working on the craft before I start putting things out there.
On one hand I don't want to churn out shit but on the other its my last year of school here, would be pretty sweet to pull off a miracle and win an award. There's a lot of free contest out there.
>>7434392
Then you keep at it friend. The worst thing in life is to go on in misery because your passion is deemed unworthy of praise or attention.
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>>7434414
Get a job, even if part time it will help assuage those 4am sweats at least a little. Not having to rely on other people to eat is a huge step for confidence, and even if you work 9-5 5 days a week, there is still plenty of time to write.
>>7434463
What's your book about, friend?
>>7434957
There's nothing wrong with that. Way too much emphasis is placed on STEM and needing to "le contribute to advancing society," as if even 1/100 BS/BEng students go on to Doctorate programs, and even then manage to do anyhting meaningful besides teach.
Art and understanding it is a cornerstone of Western society that people nowadays are quick to scoff at, and it's really going to mess things up for future generations if we continue down this path.
>>7435442
I took up STEM after I "couldn't" do my work anymore and dropped out of conservatory.
>>7434392
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i don't care about the writer identity. i write.
>>7434217
You should be a writer because you value story. Anything else is pure autism and impure art tbhf
I write for a marketing company
Its not literary by any means but i get paid to read and learn how to write so I can't complain. I don't think I could write a book or whatever bc I don't have the talent or originality to bother with it; i really just read to become a more interesting conversationalist if we're being honest
>>7436058
No.
>>7436058
>>7434217
I'm a writer because i've never read a book that entirely sates my own imagination.
It's an entirely selfless activity that i don't really intend to share with anyone.
>>7436058
Impure art?
What does that even mean?
>>7434217
Its because i want to smoke cigarettes and drink black coffee and not be judged for it. Also become a raging alcoholic
>>7434392
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the latter. I don't get what's wrong with romanticizing it. out of all the professions out there, you'd think writing of fiction would be most amenable to romanticism.
>>7434217
Some of my highschool classmates now are married, others have had children.
I want to be a writer in order to give a sense of all these years almost wasted with low wage jobs and closed in my childhood bedroom reading classics.
I just want to give a meaning to all this.
>>7434244
It's effectively the difference between wanting to write and wanting to have written. One is a daydream with no substance and one is an ambition-driven goal.
>>7434217
I want to write, because I want to tell a good story that other people can enjoy.
There is literally no other reason.
I want to be a writer. I've got a huge imagination and the vocabulary to put it on pages where lots of people can enjoy what I have to share. Things are coming together. I've been hard at this for 10 years. Time to cash in
I took up writing because I am very lonely and all the communication I participate in feels incomplete. Writing fiction gives me the feeling of control my life usually lacks. I would like to to make money from my writing so I can continue doing it, and not have to live in the 9-5 world.
>>7434217
Pointless thread everybody who just like the idea will say they is legit. Not like I. True writer need the shitty thread like OP need live.
>>7438183
You wont find any. All you will find is shitty writing
Because I have to come.
Otherwise I won't exist in this world.
>>7434392
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Parents have always said I've had a knack for writing. Went into college with no idea what I wanted to do, so I just rolled for it. Studying Journalism, maybe I'll do some creative stuff on the side.
Anybody that says they aren't even somewhat thrilled with the idea of being a writer is a liar. The whole practice is getting money and attention for your sweet ass ideas. It's masturbation.
