Comments on: Aspiring writers

By: emily

emily — Mon, 10 May 2010 06:25:55 +0000

hi,
i am an artist in my own right and would like to branch out into illustration. i wonder if any aspiring writers out there could advise me please. my work is good.

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By: Aspirations : Bev Vincent

Aspirations : Bev Vincent — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 17:32:22 +0000

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By: Susan Mann

Susan Mann — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 11:43:56 +0000

That is so true. I have so many stories go on in my head I start them, but never get around to finishing them. I always find something more important to do. After reading your post I have decided my writing, which I love is equally as important as all the other stuff and I need to just do it.

Thank you.

By: Bev Vincent

Bev Vincent — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 11:23:12 +0000

@Brian: (Until that day, I suppose the mission of the rest of us is to not be the rest of those guys around the cafe table.)

Exactly. I know the guys are just poking fun but it seems a little mean spirited to me. Especially for a bible group!

Thanks for all the other comments, folks!

By: Michael Welsh

Michael Welsh — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 03:12:39 +0000

Great post. Just wrote a post about my own journey towards “real.” Still some way to go. Thanks for the reminder.

By: Girliegeek3152

Girliegeek3152 — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 03:08:58 +0000

Love the article. I do consider myself an ‘aspiring writing’. Since losing my day job, I either write or am working out scenes in my head. This is the year to complete my manuscripts and submit them for publication.

By: Madison Woods

Madison Woods — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 03:01:10 +0000

Just this past year(2009)I moved from aspiring occasional writer, to writing daily on a novel. I’ve made so much progress finally! Still, it is always helpful to read or listen to how other writers do it, their ‘process’. Thanks for being inspirational to me this evening.

By: janflora

janflora — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 02:47:23 +0000

THanks for this pep talk…i consider myself a writer, but I have been in a fiction rut lately and needed a lifeline to get out… Time to dust off one of those half-written novels now Making time is the key!

By: Brian Hodge

Brian Hodge — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 02:45:35 +0000

Painful truths abound here, Bev. Some aspirants, and their would-be projects, seemed doomed to forever remain zygotes and embryos.

Writing is just one of those things that requires a 100% self-starter. In the beginning, at least, nobody’s waiting for it. Nobody demands it from you. Nobody’s looking over your shoulder, imposing the pressure of a deadline. And if you don’t deliver, nobody cares. If you don’t place those expectations on yourself, there will always be something easier and less threatening to do, some path of lesser resistance.

The heartening thing, though, is that you can never be entirely safe in, no pun intended, writing someone off. There will always be those who, one day, tap into some new reservoir of determination or courage or disgust with their procrastination, and make the leap.

Until that day, I suppose the mission of the rest of us is to not be the rest of those guys around the cafe table.