EPTanything related to writing, publishing, not starving to death in this stupid industry, fiction, whatever! ask away TL, this is all i can reasonably contribute to you wonderful people
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benjammin
United States2728 Posts
anything related to writing, publishing, not starving to death in this stupid industry, fiction, whatever! ask away TL, this is all i can reasonably contribute to you wonderful people go! | ||
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Zurles
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Xenixx
United States530 Posts
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MuffiN
Korea (North)201 Posts
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benjammin
United States2728 Posts
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FragKrag
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benjammin
United States2728 Posts
On July 13 2009 14:54 MuffiN wrote: Why do you publish. to eat! | ||
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benjammin
United States2728 Posts
On July 13 2009 14:56 FragKrag wrote: Are you Klazart? no, but i am very july-esque | ||
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Xenixx
United States530 Posts
On July 13 2009 14:55 benjammin wrote: short stories, working on a novel (who isn't?) good lord man, provide some details | ||
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gchan
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RoieTRS
United States2569 Posts
One: I think it takes courage to speak out and it should be fostered in society. Two: If you disagree you should do so respectfully. Don't fall back on prejudicial reasoning to justify your position. | ||
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benjammin
United States2728 Posts
On July 13 2009 15:07 gchan wrote: Do you have to sacrifice your personal creativity to make your material "sellable"? How did you manage to get publishers to agree to publish your material? i don't think so, there are so many places that publish short stories these days that you'll never not be able to find a place for the subject matter of your story making material "sellable" has more to do with good writing as opposed to writing what publishers may or may not want to print | ||
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benjammin
United States2728 Posts
On July 13 2009 15:12 RoieTRS wrote: For me what is wrong is twofold: One: I think it takes courage to speak out and it should be fostered in society. Two: If you disagree you should do so respectfully. Don't fall back on prejudicial reasoning to justify your position. not exactly sure what the question is here or how this applies what are you asking? | ||
motbob
United States12546 Posts
hahahaha I think it would be really cool for you to tell us what you've published, but if you don't want to we understand. | ||
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cunninglinguists
United States925 Posts
when did you know you wanted to write? if you couldn't write but had to instead to choose another profession, what would it be? | ||
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Grobyc
Canada18410 Posts
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benjammin
United States2728 Posts
On July 13 2009 15:40 cunninglinguists wrote: what was the toughest thing in your steps to becoming published/becoming a writer? when did you know you wanted to write? if you couldn't write but had to instead to choose another profession, what would it be? i think any writer will tell you that rejection is the absolute hardest part of writing. my first publication came after 32 rejections (i saved them all). that will always be the toughest thing, as it is difficult to avoid emotional attachment to your own work. you need to develop calluses early on (or just be a masochist) or it will eat you alive. when i was an undergrad, i was an english major and grew less and less interested in literary study and phoned in most of my assignments. when i took creative writing courses, i spent nearly all my time working on my stories and cared about the work i was producing. i couldn't remember feeling that way about anything else before that and decided that this must be what i should do with my life that's a tough question since part of becoming a writer was realizing my disinterest/inability in everything else i tried. i could see myself teaching, i suppose. i've done a lot of tutoring in the past and have always enjoyed that | ||
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benjammin
United States2728 Posts
On July 13 2009 15:45 Grobyc wrote: do u actually live in the vatican? ha, no, i just chose that since i thought it was funny that it was an option (does the vatican even have internet access?) | ||
NeverGG
United Kingdom5399 Posts
 My question is - are there any genres you absolutely couldn't envision yourself ever writing? | ||
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benjammin
United States2728 Posts
On July 13 2009 15:54 NeverGG wrote: Awww thank you My question is - are there any genres you absolutely couldn't envision yourself ever writing? i try to avoid genre work altogether, so it'd be tough to pick one. the reason for that is that genre pieces are usually not allowed for submission in creative writing workshop courses, so you train writing generic fiction (generic not being used pejoratively, just to mean 'without genre' ) i'd probably struggle the most taking a harlequin romance seriously, and i really doubt my ability to write a western (born and raised city boy) | ||
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