Comments on: Give Fear the Finger and Feel Fine http://www.getinthehotspot.com/give-fear-the-finger-and-feel-fine/ Empowering Tips for Life and Work Thu, 09 Sep 2010 12:53:19 +0000 hourly 1 By: Annabel Candy http://www.getinthehotspot.com/give-fear-the-finger-and-feel-fine/comment-page-1/#comment-1079 Annabel Candy Tue, 09 Jun 2009 19:31:57 +0000 http://inthehotspot.wordpress.com/?p=376#comment-1079 Thanks Nicolas, that's definitely a problem. I'm not claiming to be an author (a published writer) just yet but you have to get started somewhere. I suppose it's like all those actors who are currently waiting tables. Do they stay true to their dream and say they're an actor or compromise for the sake of honesty and say they're just a waiter? What I personally am trying to do here is be brave and say I'm a writer even though I haven't had anything published yet, mainly because I haven't sent any of my writing to publishers or agents. However, I do have 12 years experience of web copy writing, and writing proposals and dissertations so hopefully that counts for something! There is definitely a very uncomfortable feeling of being an impostor though and hopefully I can ride that out and eventually receive the validation that we need to prove that we're doing a good job: a pay check:) As for blog writing not being real writing, I suppose you're right that many people view it this way but there's no doubt that the future of publishing is online, and since more and more people are reading stuff on the Internet, more and more good writers are needed to feed their need to read. Definitely some interesting points raised here so many thanks for your comments and for reading my articles. Thanks Nicolas, that’s definitely a problem. I’m not claiming to be an author (a published writer) just yet but you have to get started somewhere. I suppose it’s like all those actors who are currently waiting tables. Do they stay true to their dream and say they’re an actor or compromise for the sake of honesty and say they’re just a waiter?

What I personally am trying to do here is be brave and say I’m a writer even though I haven’t had anything published yet, mainly because I haven’t sent any of my writing to publishers or agents. However, I do have 12 years experience of web copy writing, and writing proposals and dissertations so hopefully that counts for something!

There is definitely a very uncomfortable feeling of being an impostor though and hopefully I can ride that out and eventually receive the validation that we need to prove that we’re doing a good job: a pay check:)

As for blog writing not being real writing, I suppose you’re right that many people view it this way but there’s no doubt that the future of publishing is online, and since more and more people are reading stuff on the Internet, more and more good writers are needed to feed their need to read.

Definitely some interesting points raised here so many thanks for your comments and for reading my articles.

]]> By: Nicolas De Corte http://www.getinthehotspot.com/give-fear-the-finger-and-feel-fine/comment-page-1/#comment-1080 Nicolas De Corte Tue, 09 Jun 2009 19:15:27 +0000 http://inthehotspot.wordpress.com/?p=376#comment-1080 When you say that you're a writer, people will probably expect that you're the next Dan Brown or John Grisham, and when they ask what you've written and they haven't heard of it, they might think that your writing is probably crap but that you just see yourself as a big writer. Isn't it like that? Also, lots of people don't see blogging as real writing... When you say that you’re a writer, people will probably expect that you’re the next Dan Brown or John Grisham, and when they ask what you’ve written and they haven’t heard of it, they might think that your writing is probably crap but that you just see yourself as a big writer. Isn’t it like that?
Also, lots of people don’t see blogging as real writing…

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