Comments on: A Writers’ Life For Me http://www.jackofravens.com/2007/11/03/a-writers-life-for-me/ A Blog by Mark Chadbourn about folklore, mythology, legend and his writing. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:02:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: MarkC http://www.jackofravens.com/2007/11/03/a-writers-life-for-me/comment-page-1/#comment-453 MarkC Sun, 04 Nov 2007 11:56:20 +0000 http://www.jackofravens.com/2007/11/03/a-writers-life-for-me/#comment-453 I think she's speaking honestly. The vast proportion of writers can't make a good living out of the profession and do face a lot of financial hardship. The desire to do it really does come from a creative drive that has to be fed - a compulsion, really. Personally, I don't recognise my life in her statement. I'm very happy doing what I do, and I can't imagine doing anything else. As someone who once studied economics, I understand the need to put a value on all aspects of the job, and not to concentrate purely on the financial rewards. Not having to work in an office or suffer office politics, choosing when I work, immersing myself solely in the world of the mind, all contributes a great deal to the richness of the work. And frankly I don't know a single writer who writes for the money alone. I think she’s speaking honestly. The vast proportion of writers can’t make a good living out of the profession and do face a lot of financial hardship. The desire to do it really does come from a creative drive that has to be fed – a compulsion, really.

Personally, I don’t recognise my life in her statement. I’m very happy doing what I do, and I can’t imagine doing anything else. As someone who once studied economics, I understand the need to put a value on all aspects of the job, and not to concentrate purely on the financial rewards. Not having to work in an office or suffer office politics, choosing when I work, immersing myself solely in the world of the mind, all contributes a great deal to the richness of the work.

And frankly I don’t know a single writer who writes for the money alone.

]]> By: Julian http://www.jackofravens.com/2007/11/03/a-writers-life-for-me/comment-page-1/#comment-452 Julian Sun, 04 Nov 2007 11:46:47 +0000 http://www.jackofravens.com/2007/11/03/a-writers-life-for-me/#comment-452 Mark, would you agree with what Alexendra Pringle writes above? While I'm sure writing has its downsides, surely it can't be as bad as the dismal picture Pringle paints. Or do I detect some tongue-in-cheek between the lines? Mark, would you agree with what Alexendra Pringle writes above? While I’m sure writing has its downsides, surely it can’t be as bad as the dismal picture Pringle paints. Or do I detect some tongue-in-cheek between the lines?

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