Comments on: Reason #3: You Think Anyone Can Be A Writer

By: mickH

mickH — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 22:00:33 +0000

Sorry didn’t finish.
I don’t think anyone can just be a writer, you have to pay your dues and work at it.
I won’t go anywhere near a publisher until I think (and some published author friends) I’m ready.

so ‘check’

By: mickH

mickH — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 21:57:53 +0000

NaNoWriMo? WTF is NaNoWriMo?

Oh I see! Is this what this is all about.
Well I agree, putting 50,000 words in non-random order in 30 days makes you a “writer” is like having a monkey throw paint on a canvas and call it “art”

It took for 21 months to write my first novel, and it’s crap. But its my first attempt and I LEARNT from it.

By: Real Freelance Life

Real Freelance Life — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 20:04:14 +0000

I don’t know if I want to wear a cravat. NaNoWriMo’s concept in insulting to writers who spend years honing their craft to treat it like a contest. But it seems to be the direction our society is going in we think that talent can be distilled into results and that everyone gets the same shot at it. Look at American Idol, or Top Model, or any other LCD programming designed to turn professions into contests, NoNoWriMo is the same. Sad comment on society.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 24 Jan 2007 21:46:00 +0000

NaNo calls you a ‘writer’ because you ‘write’.
Note that they never say you’re gonna get published.
But you wrote something, and that’s more than a lot of people who say “I’d love to write a novel and get rich some day” can tell you they did.

By: Lee Battersby

Lee Battersby — Fri, 03 Nov 2006 10:54:00 +0000

Of course you have to write: do you know how expensive croissants and French cigarettes are in Australia?

Besides, you can always call the slash you produce " erotica" and get some online per-download mob to 'publish' it and call yourself an author into the bargain!

By: jb

jb — Wed, 01 Nov 2006 15:01:00 +0000

Wow, this is the first time a blog post anywhere has been dedicated to me. I'm moving up in the world.

I think we accept that most of what's going to be written is going to be crap. But publishable work is also being produced which may not have otherwise made it to paper.

I don't know why I'm defending this, considering I want every writer who has more talent than me to stop writing immediately. Once there are only about seven of us, maybe I can have the career I've always wanted.

By: Simon Haynes

Simon Haynes — Wed, 01 Nov 2006 14:12:00 +0000

Only my undies.

By: Sean Lindsay

Sean Lindsay — Wed, 01 Nov 2006 13:58:00 +0000

As long as you’re not changing your habits.

By: Simon Haynes

Simon Haynes — Wed, 01 Nov 2006 13:16:00 +0000

So if I do Nano and don’t wash my hair all month I’m okay, then?

Good, that’s settled.

By: This Writing Life

This Writing Life — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

The ReasonsYou Don’t Buy Books If you haven’t taken a chance on a new, unproven author in the last five years, why the hell would you expect anyone else to?You Think Anyone Can Be A WriterPutting 50,000 words in nonrandom order in 30 days makes you a ‘writer’ in exactly the same sense that changing a hundred lightbulbs makes you an electrician.Publishing is Dying If you think “Hey, the average book only sells 500 copies,