News Source: http://www.jimwestergren.com
Published: Sep 09, 2007 - 06:11 pm
Story Found By: Lyndon 1618 Days ago
Category: SEM
As a writer I understand his motivations. Great tale though.
3 Comments
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News Source: http://www.jimwestergren.com
Published: Sep 09, 2007 - 06:11 pm
Story Found By: Lyndon 1618 Days ago
Category: SEM
As a writer I understand his motivations. Great tale though.
3 Comments
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As an aspiring writer I can certainly appreciate Jim’s position. Sometimes it feels a little like I’ve sold my soul because I no longer have time to write. But that’s a time management issue. As is having friends, a partner, etc. In the meantime, I have 3 kids and mortgage to pay - responsibility demands that I work long late hours to ensure I can maintain a stable business income from a rapidly changing internet. I guess the difference is that Jim was able to make a choice, and go with what made sense to him at the time. Responsibility takes that choice away. 2c.
If something you love doing becomes a chore you need to re-evaluate why it is you are doing it and change. This guy made the right decision.
For a lot of writers, me included. It is not like we chose writing, writing choses you. The problem is what you want to write may not make enough money to put food on the table and a roof over your head. I’m in an envied postion that I can sell my writing skills to help webmasters build interesting content and infuse it with some of the ideas that would have gone in a novel/film script/sit-com. Sometimes I think that people like the idea of being a writer more than they actually like the writing itself. It’s a calling rather than a career choice. So good on you Jim for heeding the call.