Me, while working: Man, wouldn't it be nice to write, especially fiction, full time
Me, after ten (10) minutes of writing fiction: I'm ready to work now kthx! 😵
Obviously the line between "work" and "writing" is at best subjective--for lots of people writing IS their work, and even limiting the scope of the definition to the idiosyncrasies of my own life, my paid work involves significant writing, too.
When I think of Writing with a capital W, though, it's material that I came up with of my own accord and not something with external guidelines (commissioned research) or an original text (translation). Maybe the term is "creative writing."
thoughts on writing full-time, money
And at this point I'm pretty sure I don't want to do creative writing, fiction or non-fiction, on a full-time basis. I'm happy for people who make it work and I envy them on some level, but creating something is HARD work for me and I'd be exhausted if I tried to do it full-time, even more if I had to earn an income from it.
thoughts on writing full-time, money
@ljwrites yeah I do much better with academic writing than i do creative writing bc at least then I’ve got a structure & a defined set of limitations based on the source materials
Fiction just exhausts me immediately, people who do it full time are crazy impressive
