Jim Butcher Reveals Secret to Being a Professional Writer

[Twook00]

Jim Butcher Reveals Secret to Being a Professional Writer | Write About Dragons

 

[LadyofKaos]

Standing at the precipice, I needed that. Thanks, Twook!

 

[Twook00]

Same here.

 

[Steerpike]

Sounds a lot like another writer, Robert Heinlein, who incorporated the original (and better) acronym TANSTAAFL into his work ("There Ain't Not Such Thing As A Free Lunch).

 

[Twook00]

Yep. I guess Jim was being economical.

 

[Steerpike]

Yep. I guess Jim was being economical.

Yeah, it's more succinct, but lacks the flare of the old 1940s acronym

 

[Jamber]

That's an incredible blog, Twook00. Succinct and driven, like all good how-to's.

 

[Creed]

I got a strange, warm, fuzzy feeling when I read step 1.
It was probably the mental image of me and one of my main characters standing back-to-back and looking ever so cool.
A good blog, I should think.

 

[Artemadoris]

I suppose anything worthwhile like a dream is made nearly impossible to attain because otherwise, everyone would be a success story. I draw a similarity to the free-market economy—in the game of business, there are winners and there are losers. The economy simply can't afford a nation of billionaires. For me, even the smallest chance of doing something that I love gives me the motivation to strive to be my own Cinderella story.

 

[psychotick]

Hi,

He's right of course. Only we can kill our dreams. Now though I suppose I have to force myself to do some more BIC time (Butt in Chair). Bugger!

Cheers, Greg.

 

[Chessie]

That was so encouraging! Thank you for posting this, it was wonderful!