Just so we're clear, Mark Watney is who I want to be. He has all the qualities I like about myself magnified without any of the qualities I dislike. Mark Watney isn't afraid to fly.
From Andy Weir
I don't even date; I'm terrible with women.
Computer programming is pretty much guaranteed income. I'm good at it, and I like it.
I was hired as a computer programmer for a national laboratory at age 15.
I study orbital dynamics as a hobby. My idea of a good time is sitting down and drawing on that knowledge to imagine a space mission from beginning to end, getting as many details right as I can.
My first book was so horrible I have deleted all copies of it. Thankfully, it was before the Internet, so there are no lurking caches of it anywhere.
I originally wrote 'The Martian' as a free serial novel, posting one chapter at a time to my website.
I am not a brave man... I do not have the right stuff. Astronauts are really a cut above.
A story in your head isn't a story. It's just a daydream until you actually write it down. So write it down.
You want an audience. If you didn't, you wouldn't be a writer. The biggest motivation to write is the knowledge that someone will read it.
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