Writing careers are short. For every 100 writers, 99 never get published. Of those who do, only one in every hundred gets a career out of it, so I count myself as immensely privileged.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I just feel really fortunate to build a career as a writer.
I'd always loved to read - and come from a family of readers - but I never thought about writing as a career.
It's not like being a writer is a very lucrative career, but you know, you just know when you've found what you're really meant to do.
I never considered writing as a career - it was always a creative outlet for me and something I just loved to do.
I've carved out a career for myself really as a writer.
Writing, for me, has always been a way of not having a career.
For almost anyone who chooses to be a writer, since so very few writers are able to learn a living from their work that is equivalent to the living earned by the average dentist or accountant.
I've had menial jobs, and 'professional writer' isn't one of them.
I spent 20 years of my career primarily being a writer for hire.
Being a writer is a poverty trap. I mean, it's a terrible profession.