06-29-2012, 12:21 PM | #61 | |
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I hope that I will never be presumptuous or arrogant enough to genuinely believe that anything I create is needed by the world in such a fashion that it leaves civilization a bit more bleak and worse off, if it's deprived of the fruits of my genius.
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06-29-2012, 12:25 PM | #62 | |
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Yes, my books have been bought/downloaded. But if I believed I would never sell another book, or even be able to give one away, it would negatively impact my desire to write anything new. (And I refuse to believe I'm the only one who feels that way.) |
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Well bearing in mind I've decided to devote all my (minimal) writing time to a Humpty Dumpty story instead of a sequel to my best selling title that 2 people have asked for, I'd say yes. Maybe I'm wrong, and the whole world is just sitting around waiting for someone to write a Humpty Dumpty story with lots of swearing and violence, but I doubt it. Like someone said above, when you do it for someone else it becomes work.
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06-29-2012, 04:45 PM | #65 | |
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Many of us create art because we love to create art. I think that is the difference between me and you. You feel you are good at writing and hope to make supplemental money doing something you are good at. That is great plan. So you write to do just that. I write because I enjoy writing, not because I am good at it. (Some people think I am, some think I suck). In short: I publish with the hope of getting money. I write because I love to write. |
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However, I am sure you are correct: I suspect that there are many that would not write if the work would never be read. But few live in true isolation, and I suspect even just writing for a few friends and/or family would still inspire a great many to create. |
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Once I asked a friend of mine if he wanted to read one of my books. His reply--one of my oldest friends, and an SF fan--was: "Sometimes your friends can be your worst critics." I took the hint, and never offered him one of my books again. But that's the kind of thing that can stick with you, pouring tiny but noticeable amounts of ink in your pool, undermining your confidence and the energy that you'll pour into your work, for years. |
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07-05-2012, 10:23 PM | #69 | |
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Again, I publish because I would like to make money. I write because I like to tell stories. They are two different events in my mind. You are not alone in wanting to make money, else everyone in this thread would give all their books away free. I bet MOST here hope to make some extra money via their books. |
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For me writing is about sharing ideas/information/emotions/situations. I (and many others) don't feel a piece of writing is completed until the reader completes it by reading and interpreting it in their own way. |
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The distinction is only whether a person has the desire to write even if they make very little money. And since this will be the case for most writers, and pretty much always has been, so it's a pretty good assumption to make before you start. |
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