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Taking Your Writing Seriously
It’s time to decide if this is just a hobby or a career.
A few years ago, I never thought I would become a writer. I never believed Writing would be such a huge part of my life. To this day, whenever I write, I think about everything that came before. All the words tossed in the bin, all the words never spoken, all the words I have yet to produce.
Am I taking this seriously?
It’s one of the most significant questions of my life. Since a young age, I have always dreamed of opening up a computer game studio and developing Video Games. It is still buried somewhere in my brain. Now, a decade after first thinking about that dream and having worked in startups and video game studios, I’m not sure that is what I want to do.
But from the first moment I discovered writing, I knew it would walk with me until the end of my days.
Writing allows me to be in ways I hadn’t believed was possible.
Here’s how I take my writing seriously:
- I’m writing in the morning, before anything else (Well, besides coffee of course).
- I took Writing workshops.
- I read a lot.
- I journal my life a lot. This is important because when you express…
