I was not going to use writing for advertising or journalism. I would tend bar, load trucks, chauffeur - do whatever it took. But from the moment I took my first writing workshop, I was a writer.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I didn't think being a writer was a fancy thing. It was a job like any other job, except apparently you could do it at home.
I always loved writing, but never considered that I could do it professionally.
Writing wasn't about making money. I wanted to find fulfillment in writing and telling stories, and that's what's driven me.
Writing doesn't leave much time for hobbies, unless you consider that I began writing as a hobby and have made the hobby into a profession.
Writing is a creatively rewarding occupation but for me very time consuming.
I'd much rather do an obviously commercial writing project than get a day job.
I opted for a freelance writing career. I was lucky enough to have the means to do it.
I don't use my writing career as a vehicle to get me acting work or to write roles for myself.
I was an English major in college, took a ton of creative writing courses, and was a newspaper reporter for 10 years.
One of the things I learnt over the years is that there is a craft to writing, like there is a craft to acting. I hadn't done my apprenticeship as a writer. I did try to be a writer for hire but I'm not any good at it.