tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4665052536053897386.post100390750606641803..comments2023-09-16T15:03:34.579+07:00Comments on Adam Heine: Taking Writing SeriouslyAdam Heinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02225813532455467868noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4665052536053897386.post-91441341636085635132010-04-13T13:54:00.785+07:002010-04-13T13:54:00.785+07:00I want to write novels, but I also like writing sh...I want to write novels, but I also like writing short stuff, especially children's poetry, for magazines. <br /><br />I have to sacrifice sleep, and we don't watch TV. I spend as much or more time reading than I do writing. And I've been spending too much time on the internet lately.Myrna Fosterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13534358757278599925noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4665052536053897386.post-78227834110502996912010-04-13T08:11:54.787+07:002010-04-13T08:11:54.787+07:00Bane: That's an incredibly good goal, esp. whi...Bane: That's an incredibly good goal, esp. while querying. I'll have to remember that.<br /><br />KarenG: In <i>How to Write SF & F</i>, Orson Scott Card says we have hundreds of ideas in us. We just have to let them ripen into full stories :-)<br /><br />Lisa K: Agreed. We make time for what matters to us. (Unfortunately that means wasting time on the internet matters to me ;-).<br /><br />Elaine: That's often where I am. $227.20 does not justify years and years of writing. Hopefully that will change someday.<br /><br />Susan: Congratulations on your book, and that's really good advice!<br /><br />T.S. Bazelli: Totally agree. I usually don't mind driving long distances in silence, because I'm writing while I do it :-)Adam Heinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02225813532455467868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4665052536053897386.post-48900502246874881412010-04-13T04:41:59.334+07:002010-04-13T04:41:59.334+07:00I also look at writing as a second job. The only d...I also look at writing as a second job. The only difference is that when I write I don't have to go to the office. <br /><br />I quite like my dayjob and wouldn't want to quit. I also would never want to give up my family time, so that means cutting out TV, surfing the internet, writing even when I'm tired, thinking about story in those free moments while walking home from work, or am waiting for something in the supermarket line.Tessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08377570668333453073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4665052536053897386.post-31363906750605309612010-04-13T02:46:29.590+07:002010-04-13T02:46:29.590+07:00Some time after deciding to make a go of this seri...Some time after deciding to make a go of this serious writing business, I actually did a very business-like thing. I <a href="http://ink-spells.blogspot.com/2010/01/new-decade-and-writers-mission.html" rel="nofollow">wrote a Mission Statement.</a><br /><br />Not TWO DAYS after drafting that mission statement, I was already having to refer back to it, to see what my priorities were, because a publisher was asking to see chapters of a story I never intended to publish. I decided it was in keeping with my general idea of getting stories in as many hands as possible, and I decided to take the leap and give it a try. That book will be coming out in the next couple months.<br /><br />One of the most important things you can do is decide <i>why</i> you're in this - then the decisions follow more easily after that. Eventhough it gets crazy sometimes, I know I'm not willing to give up certain precious times with my family/kids - being with them is part of why I'm doing flexible work like writing instead of dwelling in a cubicle earning dependable money.Susan Kaye Quinnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07348197999397141067noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4665052536053897386.post-18085880122323148202010-04-13T02:04:48.261+07:002010-04-13T02:04:48.261+07:00Wise and pragmatic.
I do want to write full time -...Wise and pragmatic.<br />I do want to write full time - it would make the guilt so much easier to live with. Writing is the thief of time, at the moment.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15459671422564355990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4665052536053897386.post-37636339739739864542010-04-12T21:49:42.285+07:002010-04-12T21:49:42.285+07:00I definitely look at writing as a second job. Vie...I definitely look at writing as a second job. Viewing it that way puts it in a whole ne light. And it does mean sacrifice, which is what I've tried to explain to friends who tell me they have no time to write (but in the next breath talk about the movie they saw or the concert they went to or the coffeeshop they spent the evening at). Of course there are some things that should never be (or could never be) sacrificed, but I believe if the drive is there, the time can be found, even if it's stolen in tiny amounts.Lisa K.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00379245068324225101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4665052536053897386.post-2473157203779178392010-04-12T21:04:47.432+07:002010-04-12T21:04:47.432+07:00I need to constantly be reminded of this point-- t...I need to constantly be reminded of this point-- to see it like a job, to take it seriously and to set regular hours. I am awful at that. One of the ways to make money at writing is to be PROLIFIC. It's the key to success. Churn out those novels one after another. The problem with most of us (me included at the top of the list) is that we get stuck after one, two or three published works. We have to have a LOT of books in us, not just a few. With a few we will get readers, but we won't make a living.Karen Jones Gowenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01153821980625034810noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4665052536053897386.post-2563455186311389062010-04-12T20:58:28.142+07:002010-04-12T20:58:28.142+07:00Becoming serious has definitely taken large chunks...Becoming serious has definitely taken large chunks of time, and with no guarantee of success, frustration ensues. My goal, ultimately, is to remain as grumpless as possible. I'm not willing to sacrifice my sanity (which may well go despite my obstinance); I am willing, and have, to a certain extent, sacrifice my self-confidence and ego.Joshua McCunehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17367262185912463258noreply@blogger.com