I had no idea I had won some of these shares. That's nice! Well, I've been reading a lot about the process of writing. Even got to read some of the posts with advice here. I think the most difficult part I'm struggling with right now is moving from theory to practice. Every book that deals with the creative process tells you one universal truth: you have to make writing a habit. I haven't been able to do that myself (except for the poetry challenge I'm taking part of since last month). But I'd love to start having a word count system. Starting low with at least 500 a-day and seeing where does that get me.
I think the biggest issue with that is the idea of writing of the laptop. I love writing on paper, but then I'm too lazy to write that down in a word processing software 😅. I need to beat that. Is there some advice to conceive that migration process in my brain?
Besides that, I always thought about the idea of a fantasy series and some sci-fi stories. I got a lot of the details in world building and other details. Writing with prompts is also a nice idea for this.
Regarding public, I think I gotta get the things above this worked out before even thinking about and audience. But the plan would be in some time in the future get enough readers to get a Patreon and see if I can live out of my writing. That would be lovely. Following this, I think in a year I see myself as a writer with great content (if I get past my laziness). Something like @tarazkp, but for fiction writing. It sounds ambitious, but having the idea of creating art is already quite ambitious.
I think this sums it up.
Many of us dream of living from literature! Writing is a passion and literary creation is the summit. It's necessary to have constancy!
You made me laugh... but the comparison is good.
As for your writing system I dare to suggest the following: Don't write the entire story on paper. Write only the main ideas.
Then, in the computer develop the story.
Cheers @bertrayo
A possible dream. I like to think.
One has to dream big and take small steps.
This sounds like a plan. I'll try it next time.
Thanks for your words, marcybetancourt
Have you read the September newsletter, @bertrayo? You'll see that we are trying to create a long-term income for writers through The Ink Well.
I didn't know. But it's been 3 weeks since I stepped back into this media and haven't had time to check on everything. It looks promising, but I was just answering the questions from my side of facts. The idea yo give that income is a good motivation to keep writing, but getting a living out of writing fiction is an ambitious endeavor and also the kind of thing that doesn't thrive around 1 source (not to undermine your efforts and the community you've built around writing, which is awesome).
I agree - writers need to be able to manage multiple social media channels these days. It requires a whole new set of skills for interacting online with your audience as well as writing the story!
Yes, but as I said. First, I need to resolve my writing issues. 😅
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Congratulations on winning some HBI shares! 😍
Some brilliant ideas for the next twelve months. The best thing is to just start: one idea is to set a time and commit to writing for two minutes. Then if you want to, when you have completed your two minutes, you can keep writing ... I wonder if a two minute seven day writing challenge might help to get everyone started? What do you think?
Thanks a lot! 🤗
That sounds very interesting. You could do it with a "what if..." prompt. I think this would be trigger people's creativity.