So You Want To Be A Writer

So you ‘re thinking that writing would be a great gig; you would be your own boss, forget
“The Man,” and make a bunch of money. All you’d have to do is make up stories, which would be sorta like lying, the talent you used to have with your Mom when she figured you were scoring weed from the guy down the street, or getting baked on beer in your rich friend’s basement suite.

But you’ve grown up now, and this is what you’ve discovered about writing for a living.

• Sure, you can make money, and you don’t need a college degree. You just have to be talented. But after talking to some teachers and professional writers they pointed you to, you discovered that, yes you can make money, but there are long hours in doing so. And the intake is uneven; great while out hustling your book, pitiful…