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Originally Posted by Frownland
Is this only about unfulfilled hopes and dreams?
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Not at all. If your dreams came or are coming or are about to come true, fair play to you. Tell us about it.
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Originally Posted by The Batlord
All I ever wanted is for someone on the internet to admit I won an argument. Maybe one day...
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Some things were never meant to be.
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Originally Posted by jwb
I didn't have hopes and dreams as a kid in terms of career. That was part of the problem
I would like to be a writer but I don't really have the discipline. I don't think I could ever consistently put out content or even commit to writing a whole book. I write more sporadically whenever I get the urge.
But really I just wanna be rich/well off. I don't even need to be proper rich I'll settle for hood rich if I have to. Just wanna not be broke and not really have to worry about money.
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It's going to sound like a cliche, but joining a writing forum really helps. Most of them have challenges, like you have to write a story in say 1000 or less words (some are as low as 100: they're hard!) and it really helps hone your skills, and because there's a time limit, makes you get up off your arse (or I guess, sit on your arse) and write. It's really helped me, to the point where I won two of the competitions, to my own very great surprise.
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Originally Posted by Frownland
I saw recently that Douglas Adam's (author of Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy) hated writing, so even the best can struggle with it. It's rewarding but definitely a pain in the ass. |
It's the hardest thing to do. You can sit there visualising all these great ideas, but getting it down on paper/screen is the hard bit. I've written an entire short story called "Heartless" in my head: now I just need to crack open my head (no volunteers, please! Stop pushing!) and get it actually written.