This guy. I’ve been following him for a few months now and I’m not even sure what his name is. He’s dark yet funny, mysterious, complicated, strange, quite brilliant and always entertaining. And he’s got me hooked. I decided to share this piece because it spoke to me; hell, I could have written it! I think it will speak to anyone who blogs and/or writes and wonders why they bother to do it. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did. (In case you’re wondering about those rather large apostrophes, it seems the WordPress theme I have won’t allow me to get rid of them so I apologize for their presence. Please try to ignore them and just read the post!)
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(Denial)
“I have talent, but nobody recognizes it but me.” –said by an Anonymous failure.
I was here, at one point, years ago, although, I don’t know if I thought I had talent, or not. I was watching movies about genius writers and submitting mediocre English papers to my high school teachers. They would give me advice on how to improve, and I would promptly ignore it. Afterall, they just couldn’t understand my genius. Needless to say, I did poorly in my English classes. I watched Finding Forester, and believed myself to be like Jamal Wallace—hated for my abilities.
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(Anger)
Anger occurred after college, when I decided to write a fantasy novel of over 200,000 words. I couldn’t understand why Stephen King was getting published, and I wasn’t. I wasn’t even getting rejection letters in the mail. Any response that I got, was an automated email. I…
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This is really great – thanks for sharing it, Nancy 😀
~David
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What a great read! It is both informative and relatable in a clever way. ❤
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I agree! That’s why I reblogged it.
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Very interesting and relatable
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Glad you enjoyed it, Sadje.
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Writing is for the writer’s pleasure, period. However they might define “pleasure”. They might derive pleasure in a pot of gold, or just in a job well done.
The only thing financial success does is to ease the time pressures which we all, as amateurs, feel. I really need to pick the children up from school, but I really want to write one more paragraph. Financial security allows people to write full-time, s’all. But if writing is not pleasurable, being a full-time writer sounds like just as much of a noose.
Some of the “how to be a writer” manuals he mentions might be worth a look but I’m sure the main rule must be “there are no rules”.
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The stories I write are for my pleasure and hopefully my reader’s pleasure as well. As much as I love writing, the thought of devoting myself to any one thing is depressing. That may be one of the biggest reasons I never looked into having anything published – what if “they” like it and I have to keep churning stories out like an ATM machine? I have no plans to shut my little site down any time soon but it’s somehow reassuring to know I can if I want to. ✍🏻
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Have you ever noticed… the formats people like are the ones you hate? Familiarity does indeed breed contempt!
I have several times been asked to write sequels, if you like, to my stories but I don’t think I ever did. Fills me with horror, too, banging on with the same tired old formula.
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Ha! Same here re the sequels. I did that just once, I think. I devoted more time to that single Part 2 than anything else I’ve ever written. That was enough; I like structure but I enjoy the open-endedness of life, so to speak.
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I think it’s comfortin to know we have these characters in our back pocket, but hopefully, that’s where they’ll stay.
I wonder when JK Rowling decided to write sequels to her first Harry Potter book? I wonder if it was before or after she was published?
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I’ve no idea but considering the number of HP books published suggests she knew all along where the story was going. That is one fertile mind!
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I wouldn’t, if it were me. I’d want to see some popularity from the first before I expended effort on another.
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Beautiful & interesting sharing your knowledge & experience. Very nice write you.
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I enjoy reading his posts – whatever his name is. 😆
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Yes! I feel like a voyeur when I read his posts! Can we assume his name really is Andrew? One thing I’m sure of is he’s a damn good writer. Who knows – he may be reading this right now. You out there, “Andrew”?
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He is a good writer, yes!
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