[ SECRET POST #3980 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #3980 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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02.
[The Big Family Cooking Showdown]


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03.
[Michael Fassbender/Alicia Vikander]


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04.
[Team Fourstar/Dragon Ball Z Abridged]


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05.
[Nurarihyon no Mago]


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06.
[Candice Swanepoel (Victoria's Secret)]


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07.
(Stranger Things, season 2)


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08.
[Christian Bale]















Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 02 pages, 40 secrets from Secret Submission Post #570.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 0 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ].
Current Secret Submissions Post: here.
Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.

Comments

Re: Should creative endeavours ever be bought or sold?

[hyarrowen]

I've had kinda the opposite opinion from a friend who writes a regular column for a newspaper. She's told me repeatedly and at great length, and in the face of detailed explanations from me, that I shouldn't be writing stories and putting them up for free on the internet.

Many non-writer friends have told me that I should be making money out of my writing - quite how, they don't specify.

I guess people just like to boss creative people around.

Re: Should creative endeavours ever be bought or sold?

[(Anonymous)]

Well, you can't monetize fanfic, obviously. But you can certainly monetize original stories. I use the Submission Grinder to find markets:

https://thegrinder.diabolicalplots.com/

Format your stories into something resembling Standard Manuscript Format, gin up a simple cover letter to the effect of "Dear Editors, Attached is a story of [thismany] words, titled [This Is My Awesome Title], for your consideration. Thanks for your time, I look forward to hearing from you. Sincerely, Me [This is all my contact information]

And send them out to places that are open to submissions.

It's not that hard, other than getting used to rejection.

Re: Should creative endeavours ever be bought or sold?

[(Anonymous)]

It seems like whenever you can do something creative at a half-way decent level, everyone and their grandma is going to rush to tell you that you need to make money off that/switch to doing that for a living, regardless of what your existing job is, how much you love it, and whether you actually want to do that other thing professionally.

I'm starting to think some of my co-workers don't love this job as much as I do, because they tell me I should quit and become a pastry chef every time I bring in baked goods I made. (I think they're just trying to be complimentary, but I do not want to bake for a living.)