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Originally posted by winnieboo
Lately, I've been thinking that I should have pursued a career as an artist,and if I had (teehee) none of this TMS stuff woulda happened! I actually always wanted to be a book author, but I've never fully set my mind to that either (fear of failure). Also, EVERYONE, including my last therapist, has informed and/or reminded me that YOU CAN NEVER EXPECT TO MAKE ANY MONEY from writing!!
I'm also an artistic type person, not a sales person at all. Not a business oriented person. Wanted to be an author from the time I was 11. Have been told countless times why I shouldn't bother, how I can't make a living, how I'll end up on welfare etc. I gave up writing for a long time because of that and have tons of partly finished projects on my computer. It is so depressing. It is like anyone who isn't an artist will be focused on money first and go into a job that will get the most money. The focus is always money. Why does it have to be, isn't this MY life?
I abandoned my dreams because of people telling me I couldn't do it. And I have made some money off writing, I've sold stuff online and been published in print but I gave up before I really gave myself a chance to finish a novel and try to sell it. I still want to, though.
IN 2008 I did nanowrimo (nanowrimo.org) and actually "won" (you don't really win anything, your "win" is that you write 50,000 words in November) so that was heaps of fun. |
Asking for your comments...
Posted - 02/28/2010 : 10:04:12
