pina la nina
I admit I've not given this a lot of thought, but a recent debate here prompted me to consider why it is people do this writing thing, particularly of novels. Any number of sites and articles expound on the painful nature of our chosen work and suggest mental illness must be involved.
Is this in fact the case? Are we all nuts, deranged, naive or misled?
I am confidant that we can keep this civil and not imply that any one reason is better or worse than another for writing a novel. I am in fact really curious what leads you all to keep at it, trying to finish, trying to improve, trying to sell your work, fighting the odds, etc - need I go on?
The options here only gave me 5 choices, and I just picked 5 at random, I'm sure I've overlooked the obvious. I hope people will feel free to click more than one choice or none and rant at length on why I've forgotten their particular reason, or why the poll makes no sense and we need no reasons for what we do. Anyway, carry on.
Is this in fact the case? Are we all nuts, deranged, naive or misled?
I am confidant that we can keep this civil and not imply that any one reason is better or worse than another for writing a novel. I am in fact really curious what leads you all to keep at it, trying to finish, trying to improve, trying to sell your work, fighting the odds, etc - need I go on?
The options here only gave me 5 choices, and I just picked 5 at random, I'm sure I've overlooked the obvious. I hope people will feel free to click more than one choice or none and rant at length on why I've forgotten their particular reason, or why the poll makes no sense and we need no reasons for what we do. Anyway, carry on.