I opted for a freelance writing career. I was lucky enough to have the means to do it.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I did a lot of freelance desk publishing jobs when I graduated from college. I sort of earned a living doing that while I was writing plays, which was what I wanted to do. My hope was to become a playwright.
Writing was something I always liked, but it wasn't a career until I was laid off from my executive position in my 30s. I started a website because I was bored, unemployed and angry.
I always loved writing, but never considered that I could do it professionally.
I always knew I wanted to be a writer. I just wasn't sure what I wanted to do as a money-making job.
My dad is a bank president and my mom was an accountant and they didn't think that seeking the life of a freelance writer was very practical, you see. Of course, I was just as determined to do it.
I decided very early that I wanted to write. But I didn't think of it as a career. I didn't even think of it as a profession... It was the most exciting thing, the most powerful thing, the most wonderful thing to do with my life.
I'd always loved to read - and come from a family of readers - but I never thought about writing as a career.
I chose photography over writing. I had to make a living.
I never considered writing as a career - it was always a creative outlet for me and something I just loved to do.
I'd always liked to write, but I never wanted to be a writer, because it seemed a sissy occupation. It is. To this day, I find it terribly easy. And so, rather than trying to hunt up a text, I just wrote one.