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Writing: Career or hobby?



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Wed Nov 30, 2005 7:40 pm
*Twilight* says...



Do you paln on becoming a professional writer someday or do you just write for fun?
I just write for fun because I plan on becoming a videogame designer.
  





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Wed Nov 30, 2005 7:45 pm
Duskglimmer says...



I'm hoping writing will turn into a career for me. *crosses fingers*
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Wed Nov 30, 2005 7:50 pm
AstrangedbeaR says...



both. i write as a hobby, but i do eventually hope to get published someday.
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Wed Nov 30, 2005 9:21 pm
Firestarter says...



Career preferrably, but hobby I would do fine with. I don't hold any delusions of getting published, because I probably won't - but it's a nice idea.
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Wed Nov 30, 2005 9:27 pm
Snoink says...



The careers I am looking at (think: medicine) all require good writers. Soooooo... I shall be a professional writer whether I want to or not! Soon you'll be reading my absolutely marvelous research papers!
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Thu Dec 01, 2005 12:16 am
Bjorn says...



I'm going to University for English Literature(or summat to do with languages and/or writing, most likely involving English) indefinately, therefore it may turn into a career. However, I may indeed become a teacher or respected linguist/philologist. In fact, if all goes awry for that path, my fallback choice is history.
  





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Thu Dec 01, 2005 12:18 am
Tara says...



I'm gonna go with AstrangedbeaR and say both. It's be great to get published, but either way I do it for fun, and love doing it.
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Thu Dec 01, 2005 12:54 am
bubblewrapped says...



Square in the middle - I want to write professionally, but not necessarily to be a professional writer (at least not at first. I will probably have to write heaps for my career of choice anyway, and it will always be something I love - so if it stays as a hobby (at least in my lifetime :wink: :lol:) I dont mind.
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Thu Dec 01, 2005 4:26 am
Shriek says...



"Writing is an occupation in which you have to keep proving your talent to those who have none." -Jules Renard


Interesting quote. I'm about 95% sure I want to go into journalism, so... eep.
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Thu Dec 01, 2005 5:20 am
mystical*dragons says...



Career. But I doubt that I'll ever get published, but I love writing anyway. It'd be fine as a hobby too! But it would be my dream come true if my work is published.
  





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Thu Dec 01, 2005 5:26 am
Meshugenah says...



I'm with Jack on this one. I'd love to, but in all likelihood, I'll never be published (professionally, contests don't count).
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Thu Dec 01, 2005 7:45 am
Emma says...



I'm not going to really do it as a career. Yeah, I love writing (even though I can't), but want to be a games designer or graphic artist even more. If I ever get the book published, I'm still not going to give up my job.
  





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Thu Dec 01, 2005 11:28 am
thegirlwhofateloves says...



I'd love to be able to get paid and recognised for something I love doing, but at the same time most of my stuff is quite personal....so I don't know. Probably both - if I don't get published, it doesn't matter, because I'll still always love writing. I really want to be an actress though. If I could be both, that would just be so amazing it would just put me in complete shock, like so: :shock:
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Thu Dec 01, 2005 1:50 pm
Nis says...



As a child I always believed writing would be a career for me, but now I think I'll write and get a job in design.
  





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Thu Dec 01, 2005 9:34 pm
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thegirlwhofateloves wrote:I'd love to be able to get paid and recognised for something I love doing, but at the same time most of my stuff is quite personal....so I don't know. Probably both - if I don't get published, it doesn't matter, because I'll still always love writing. I really want to be an actress though. If I could be both, that would just be so amazing it would just put me in complete shock, like so: :shock:
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Hey, Steve Martin did both so you can too.
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