And when you clear away the cobwebs of the description of every job in the world, at the bottom of that job is service. It's service. And I took that ethic and applied it to my writing craft.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Service is a deceptively profound way to prove not only what you can do for the world, but what you can tell the world to expect from you and your ambitions.
Some of our finest work comes through service to others.
As creative people, we should be really conscious of being of service in our work, being as generous as we can.
I treat my writing like a day job, like my main job, even if for many years I was doing other jobs to pay the bills. I worked as a copy editor. I was a medical guinea pig. I was an eBay power seller of ladies' handbags. I was an assistant to a bookie at the horse races. I bartended. I did anything I could to make ends meet.
My only job is to write in such a way that the reader gets a new handle on humanity.
My approach is to treat writing very much as a job.
My job as a human being as well as a writer is to feel as thoroughly as possible the experience that I am part of, and then press it a little further.
My job description? It is many things; it is a whole universe created around the things that I like.
The idea of service leads to community.
Service is what life is all about.
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