The pursuit of a creative career might be the most
complicated choice to make. Writing ain’t easy. I mean for me it comes pretty
easy. All throughout my days in English class, I would spend at the most an
hour on an essay and receive an “A”. I fought the idea of writing my whole
life, because it came so easy to me. By high school I felt bored by how easy
the writing process came to me. During college I fell in love with my creative
ability when I met Dr. Baker-Schena who pushed me to do my best.
Writing as a career takes heart and dedication. I would
compare pursuing writing similar to chasing a singing career. Thousands of
people might be capable of singing a Mariah Carey ballad, but what makes him or
her special compared to the rest of the Beyonce-wanna-be’s? Thousands of
writers also believe they stand out and in order to be successful a person needs
to be excellent. Find a target audience and write for a purpose not for a
paycheck, and hopefully the money will eventually start flowing.
Unfortunately, everyone starts a blog these days. Facebook
doubles as a giant community blog. The Internet allows people to proclaim his
or her opinions on everything, so a pursuit of opinion/advice writing as a
career becomes a million times harder these days. People hate on my blog to my
face, luckily I reached a point in my life where I could give two s@#$ what
anyone thinks about me. (I feel like I rock at life these days and that’s all
that matters.) The people that make fun of me (“LOL are you going to blog?”)
just drive me to prove to the Internet world my writing and blogging serves a
purpose. I decided to write to help people figure out life through my
experiences past, present and future.
I decided to invite people to follow my journey towards a
creative career. Blogging helps me practice my writing and allows the book
inside my head to reach perfection. I hope my book appears on people’s Nooks in
the future (I promote the buying of books and CD’s, but I’m not naive to fact
that the screen junkies of America put Tower
Records and Borders out of
business (two places I loved) …support the arts yo. Creative people keep you
entertained and it ain’t easy).
I thought if people realized that this blog means something
to me they might take it more serious, start “liking” it, and stop hating on
me…just sayin’. (The “like” button now controls our world and if you “like”
what you read please help me build an audience by sharing the articles you
enjoy with your friends…Please and Thanks)
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