Before You Quit the Writing Career, Read These Tips

Beginning a writing career can be dangerous for you. Perhaps you will be broke. Maybe some of your family will look down on you. Yet you are missing out on so much!

Writing is just the beginning. This life has plenty more for you in store. There is a success for every failure in the world, no matter how big or small. As a successful freelance writer, sometimes I too think of quitting on the whole career ... getting a regular job for slave pay or for high pay and high stress. The option, however, is no longer there for you and I. We must write. This article points out how you must write as an act of survival now, not as a matter of choice.

A Matter of Chance:

Chance, it has been said, favors the prepared mind. Chance favors the writer who keeps working. That could be you, not on the magazine cover, but inside the magazine getting top pay. It could be you writing the sales letter for a major pop company ... or you writing the biography of your literary hero. Yes, chance is involved, but by writing you gain plenty of it. If you work hard, a writing career and success will come. Writing is no different than working as an accountant or a salesman: you need experience, yes, and experience comes from work, and experience turns into success. It's that simple.

Remember the Fun:

Remember the days of freedom as a child? Almost all of us felt free, because that's where the tag line "I don't want to grow up ..." came to be. It's time to pull out that inner child, who is in fact, the inner artist. It's now time to remember the fun, the dreaming of big sales and freelance writing rewards. That's the writing career in a nutshell. This isn't all meant as inspiration. The facts are: you can get paid for any kind of writing-and you can enjoy it. Before you quit the writing career, remember the inner artist, and look towards your spirit. The writing career will follow.

Remember the Spirit:

This isn't meant entirely as a spiritual point-more a thinking point. You're heart doesn't really break ... but the point is one of loss. Our spirit becomes hurt when we are rejected. Perhaps, in protection of this spirit, we have decided to quit the writing career. "Freelance writing isn't for me," you might say, "because I stink at writing." Few of us are great on every day; every one of us has something unique to say. You play with success when you remember chance, and therefore you have fun when you let the spirit out. The spirit can help. Listen.

Try out new things:

So you're in freelance writing for the profit. There is absolutely nothing wrong with that. So you're not going to make much money solely writing short stories. I see no problem there. So why not try a new field? It sounds simple, but it's an exciting step to take. Instead of horror writing, you go for technical writing, while continuing horror on the side. Instead of freelance magazine writing, you go for copywriting. Or instead of short story writing, you work on a novel. The possibilities are endless. Simple, but hard to practice. We say we like change-but rarely do we. You change over time with work. Transitions take work, and transitions are usually one of the toughest parts of being a writer. It may be time to ask other writers.

Ask Other Writers:

Finally, when you are feeling low, ask other writers if you should just quit. I have yet to meet a writer-who has actually seen how bad my writing can get-tell me to just quit. Post a question on a forum. You must reach out to other writers constantly, as they will keep you going, and confident in your inner artist. The majority of those writers will have been through similar trials ... and gotten through them.