Wednesday, April 12, 2006

The Art of Words: Following Orders

A Woeful Tale of a Captain and a Grunt

Captain: Cease and desist, soldiers! What do you think you’re doing?
Grunt: Uhhh… we’re digging trenches, sir.
Captain: No, no, no. You’re doing it all wrong.
Grunt: But sir, there ain’t too many other ways to dig a trench.
Captain: You’re living in the past here. These kind of trenches should have gone the way of the dinosaur after World War Two. We’re a new army now. We need fresh trenches. We need bold trenches. Something that screams 21st century.
Grunt:
Captain: We need U-shaped trenches!
Grunt: Sir, that’s the craziest thing I’ve ever heard.
Captain: You’re not very fond of those stripes, are you?
Grunt: Brilliant, sir. U-shaped trenches. We’ll get right on it, sir.

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To most writers starting out, writing is freedom. It’s the freedom to create worlds the way you want to, to have people act the way you want them to, and to let events fully express your deepest thoughts, feelings, and views. No limitations. No boundaries. No stopping you from doing whatever you please in your stories.

And often, these writers will fall in love with writing. They want to write and write and write. And then it hits them, “What if writing was my job? I’d make a living with something I love to do.” But there’s an aspect most of these writers don’t consider or just don’t think it out as much as they should. To make a living with your writing, you will need to either sell your own writing to someone or sell your services to someone. Most often, either of those two options will lead to a new twist in your writing process.

Following orders.

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Jeffery Stevenson ... 1:42 am  
"Side effects of being a writer may include heartache, headache, calloused fingertips, and insanity."

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