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	Archive through Dec 22, 2004 Last Post: Dec 22, 2004, 07:17 am	nutmeg	20

Posted By: Magus Dec 22, 2004 - 09:09 am

Yeah, it is because I enjoy writing. But I also hope, faintly but still do, that other people will read and enjoy it. And then I have another, even fainter, hope that it will effect somebody's life in a positive way. That's my faint hope, anyway.

Posted By: Queen Ehlana Dec 22, 2004 - 09:54 am

What matters is that I write a book on time, as planned, and that it deserves to get published. It has to get published... I enjoy writing when I write well... I usually don't enjoy it if it's just a dead end, although sometimes I do anyway. Even if this story doesn't really deserve to be published, the next is going to have to, or I won't write it. This is a lot of work. I'm not going to spend the rest of my life writing stories just for myself.

Caegaraneva, it doesn't sound like you plan to try to make a living writing novels... I want to. I can't tell Oxford University that I was planning to become a novelist, but now I'm considering switching over to something to do with foreign languages... that I worked really hard on a novel that didn't get published... or that I plan to become a French teacher, even though I have no clue what it's like to be fluent in a second language! I'm writing this novel more than anything because it's my future, in many ways. I don't have time to sit here and say: "The important thing is to have fun... It doesn't matter if no one else enjoys it." I'll think about that when I'm older and know more about my abilities.

Posted By: Magus Dec 22, 2004 - 02:45 pm

One thing that stuck with me when I heard it was the quote, "If you aren't remembered, you never existed." From hearing it I vowed that, even in the mind of one person, I wanted to be remembered. So it doesn't matter if it's a multitude or just one individual who happens upon it, I would like to be remembered postmortem.

But I don't plan on being an author for a career. I plan on making a living as a Highschool English teacher.

But being published and read in our lifetime would be a nice thing, wouldn't you say?

Posted By: Berry Dec 28, 2004 - 10:05 am

Hey Nutmeg, I worried about my stories not being special or original enough too, but I came to see with some help that no-one has seen the world through my eyes, there are shared experiences that help us find common ground but we are the sum or our unique experiences, I really believe it when we express ourselves, especially through the creative type work there is space for YOU to come through. Common themes are good, things like death, love, freedom, belief, families and so many more themes that help us connect with a story, help make it real even when it is fantastical. Keep at it, let yourself go, and most importantly really be yourself and its bound to have something special, leave the critique on originality for those who make a living from reading stuff not writing it.

Posted By: Magus Dec 28, 2004 - 03:34 pm

Here Here!

I agree.