Im discouraged, I guess. Im not one of those who has been writing since they knew how to old a pencil. I always loved creative writing classes in high school and then in college, but I didnt major in English Lit or some other English course. I didnt even FINISH college. Im a working stiff. I work two jobs just to make ends meet, yet I have this burning desire to write and to get published.
What make me think, at 42, that I can do this? What gives me the right to think that I can do it with NO experience in the writing game? Am I creative? Damn right, I am. I can draw, paint, and am a good photographer. But I have been doing these things all of my life. I havent been writing all of my life. Do you get what Im saying?
Most people here have been writing since they could say the word. THESE are the people who SHOULD be getting published and writing and making a living out of it. At 42, is it too late to get started?
Maybe Im asking a dumb question. It just seems like there is so much to learn and at 42, Ill be dead before I know it all.
Im rambling, I know. Im just discouraged and full of self doubt right now.
What make me think, at 42, that I can do this? What gives me the right to think that I can do it with NO experience in the writing game? Am I creative? Damn right, I am. I can draw, paint, and am a good photographer. But I have been doing these things all of my life. I havent been writing all of my life. Do you get what Im saying?
Most people here have been writing since they could say the word. THESE are the people who SHOULD be getting published and writing and making a living out of it. At 42, is it too late to get started?
Maybe Im asking a dumb question. It just seems like there is so much to learn and at 42, Ill be dead before I know it all.
Im rambling, I know. Im just discouraged and full of self doubt right now.
