Comments on: How not to become a writer

By: Jo

Jo — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 05:53:00 +0000

I would imagine loving what you are doing is half the battle. As a youngster I loved to write poetry. As an oldster I don't feel the urge or the love any more so don't do it.

I am very glad you love what your doing Glenda, I love what you write. And, Satima, I have confidence you will get there.

By: glenda larke

glenda larke — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 05:41:00 +0000

Satima, I started with my first book aged nine or ten. It took me an awful loooooooong time to get to publication.

What kept me going was not so much the belief that I would get there one day, but that I just loved what I was doing. So keep on...

By: Satima Flavell

Satima Flavell — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 05:28:00 +0000

You’re the second of my writer friends who did it that way. It makes me feel I’m wasting my time. I’ve had loads of help and support through writing classes and groups over the last five years (and I was writing alone for seven years before that) and I still show little sign of being any good. Sometimes I wonder why I bother – but if I stop, I miss it. I kind of miss it like you miss banging your head against a wall, but I miss it, all the same. I miss the fun of playing with my imaginary friends on the screen, as Robin Hobb puts it:-)

Oh well, I don’t like bowls, anyway…