The Art of Words: Following Orders
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A Woeful Tale of a Captain and a Grunt Captain: Cease and desist, soldiers! What do you think you’re doing? #### 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. …read the rest of the article here. |
 Jeffery Stevenson ... 1:42 am
"Side effects of being a writer may include heartache, headache, calloused fingertips, and insanity."
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