[ SECRET POST #2518 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2518 ⌋

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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

You know, for a long time I thought I wanted to be a *writer*. Then I actually figured out how little money you get, how incredibly hard it is to get published, and how much I hate plotting and attempting to create characters that are somehow not like all the other characters out there. I know I am a good writer in the technical sense and int he areas where I shine, but those happen to not be plot and originality. I like character studies and digging into the emotions and doing it in under 5k. Not really publishable writing. There isn't much of a market for short stories, and my other love (poetry) is even more ridiculous when trying to get published and get actual money.

Not wasted potential. Different priorities.

[(Anonymous)]

This is my issue exactly.

[sparklywalls]

I was wanting to say something but wasn't sure how to put it and you've covered some of what I'm feeling.

My dream job as a child was to be a published author but I didn't know how much of a struggle it is to even get noticed. Ok, I'm definitely not the best writer in the world and nobody deserves anything just because they want it, but I've never really had the strength to try very hard. Also even if I do have a vision of a world and characters I find I get incredibly frustrated trying to ensure all the necessary details are woven into the plot. My weakness is, I just want to get to the exciting bits basically...so I don't think I could ever properly finish my own novel. And when you do finish, that's not even half the battle! Hats off to the people who try!

[(Anonymous)]

Are you me, anon? Because I am exactly the same way. I'm confident in my technical writing skills but I have no interest in writing novels and I find worldbuilding to be rather tedious. Like you, I would much rather focus on characters than larger plots. I love writing short stories that don't require me to map out an entire world for a setting, but who is going to publish those? Everyone wants novels.

[(Anonymous)]

There isn't much of a market for short stories

There sure is if you're into genre fiction! Anthologies all over the place! On the other hand, that's likely to pay even less well than novels I suspect.