The serious writer:
- writes regardless of the circumstances
- rewrites until he can't stand to look at the words
- rewrites more until he adores his words and wonders how the heck he ever wrote that first draft
- would like to earn money as a writer but won't stop writing because he can't pay the rent from the income
- is in no hurry to publish a great story
- doesn't submit not knowing if the story is good
Friday, March 7, 2008
C. Hope Clark writes in her FundsForWriters newsletter:
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One thought on the last point. Some of us never think our work is good, even when it is, and when other people have told us it is. I guess I can't be a serious writer then. (Just a pessimistic one) Still, why should someone else get to define whether we're serious about this writing stuff?
Good point. I think she was mainly saying that you cannot consider yourself a serious writer if you don't work your tush off.
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