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Is Writing Your Hobby, Career, or Calling?

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By John Ray Pucay Verified
| The Writing Cooperative
And how do you know? Press enter or click to view image in full size “Back to nature” (1945) by Robert Storm Petersen. Source: Public Domain Over half a decade ago, after leaving corporate and I was deciding what I really wanted to do with my life, I had to ask myself: Do I really want to write? Is this something I want to do as a career?
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I Threw Away 3 Different Drafts To Complete My First Novel

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By John Ray Pucay Verified, Darius Foroux, Michael Thompson Verified
| Writing to (L)Earn
There’s a quote from the author, Charles Finch, that I return to whenever I finish an important piece of writing, like an article, pitch email, or, just recently, my first novel. It reminds me of my greatest ally as a writer. “To me, the single biggest mark of the amateur writer,” Finch says,” is a sense of hurry.” “Hurry to finish a manuscript, hurry to edit it, hurry to publish it.
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New Writers Shouldn’t Focus on Building an Audience (Yet)

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By John Ray Pucay Verified, Darius Foroux, Michael Thompson
| Writing to (L)Earn
Hey there, it’s John here. Since we’ve had a recent influx of newer readers and writers, I figured I could write a post for those at the beginning of their writing and audience building journeys. Now, ask yourself honestly: Are you subscribed to email lists from unpublished authors who only talk about writing? The answer is most likely no. And if you do follow a few, it’s because you’re a writer yourself, not because you’re a reader. Why is this? Because readers want finished work they can enjoy.
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