Writers are an interesting breed of humanity - they can make us feel joy, sadness, anger and empathy. Sometimes they can cause us to feel all these emotions simultaneously.
There are certainly more lucrative methods of gaining an income, yet everyday thousands of individuals will sit down at their keyboard pounding out a story that may never actually be published.
There is a creative energy required to create a meaningful story. It is hard to invest that energy into a story if there is a feeling the story has no chance of success, yet writers will do so.
So, what possibly pushes a writer to continue writing, even if the results of the amount of work they put in are often scarce? The answer is found in a quote from author Isaac Asimov, "I write for the same reason I breathe -- because if I didn't, I would die."
Some writers explain that the stories they write are stories that first formed in their minds and gave them no rest until after they were poured out on paper; only, of course, to be replaced with a new story after the one was written. Some people simply write for themselves, while others prefer to share their works with others.
Many writers are not in the market to be famous, they simply agree with the sentiments of Francois Mauriac, "Each of us is like a desert, and a literary work is like a cry from the desert, or like a pigeon let loose with a message in its claws, or like a bottle thrown into the sea. All they aspire is to at least touch one person with their writings.
But, it is however important that you hold on to a flame of hope that your message will be heard by more than one - if the message or story were important enough to be shared, why shouldn't many people partake of them?
Sometimes the joy found in writing is simply in reaching the end of your story. Tom Clancy once said that he measured success in writing by finishing a book, and having a stack of filled papers that told the whole story. If you can make it to that point, he asserted, you are successful.
When most people begin to write, they do so without even entertaining the thought of ever being wealthy. They write because they can see no other option to relieve their creative overfill. On average, writers only get back minimum wage, when one considers the amount of work they put in, in relation to the money they earn, but few ever complain.
For many writers, having the chance to write is success in itself.
There are certainly more lucrative methods of gaining an income, yet everyday thousands of individuals will sit down at their keyboard pounding out a story that may never actually be published.
There is a creative energy required to create a meaningful story. It is hard to invest that energy into a story if there is a feeling the story has no chance of success, yet writers will do so.
So, what possibly pushes a writer to continue writing, even if the results of the amount of work they put in are often scarce? The answer is found in a quote from author Isaac Asimov, "I write for the same reason I breathe -- because if I didn't, I would die."
Some writers explain that the stories they write are stories that first formed in their minds and gave them no rest until after they were poured out on paper; only, of course, to be replaced with a new story after the one was written. Some people simply write for themselves, while others prefer to share their works with others.
Many writers are not in the market to be famous, they simply agree with the sentiments of Francois Mauriac, "Each of us is like a desert, and a literary work is like a cry from the desert, or like a pigeon let loose with a message in its claws, or like a bottle thrown into the sea. All they aspire is to at least touch one person with their writings.
But, it is however important that you hold on to a flame of hope that your message will be heard by more than one - if the message or story were important enough to be shared, why shouldn't many people partake of them?
Sometimes the joy found in writing is simply in reaching the end of your story. Tom Clancy once said that he measured success in writing by finishing a book, and having a stack of filled papers that told the whole story. If you can make it to that point, he asserted, you are successful.
When most people begin to write, they do so without even entertaining the thought of ever being wealthy. They write because they can see no other option to relieve their creative overfill. On average, writers only get back minimum wage, when one considers the amount of work they put in, in relation to the money they earn, but few ever complain.
For many writers, having the chance to write is success in itself.
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