Is it wrong for me to be a Writer
I know you want to sing. See. I love to sing. Nothing makes me happier. I either wanted to be a singer or the head of the Ice Capades.
Hey. Do you know who the Ice Capades are?
Don't roll your eyes. They were very cool.I went to my mother. Who gave me this book... called Letters To A Young Poet. Rainer Maria Rilke.
He's a fabulous writer. A fellow used to write to him and say:
"I want to be a writer. Please read my stuff."
And Rilke says to this guy:
"Don't ask me about being a writer. lf. When you wake up in the morning. You can think of nothing but writing... then you're a writer."
I'm gonna say the same thing to you. If you wake up in the mornin' and you can't think of anything but singin' first... then you're supposed to be a singer. Girl.
For a minute I thought this post was aimed at me! (I'm a writer of WoW fan-fiction)Oh dear, could be worse I suppose - he could want to be a writer based solely on his experiences of playing world of Warcraft!
You don't have to read 100 novels a year to be a writer, but if you don't read a few entire novels how will you know what makes a good novel work. Thats a bit like saying "I want to be a film-maker, I've never watched an entire movie - but I've seen a few trailers so I know how they work".
For a minute I thought this post was aimed at me! (I'm a writer of WoW fan-fiction)
Indeed, Graham.But I know you wouldn't try to be a writer based purely on your experience of WOW - you still needed to know about writing real stories in order to write WOW fan fiction, because in game storeies are different from novel based stories.
Is it wrong for me to try to be an author if i've never read a full chapter book? Thanks to the internet and occassionally TV and Movies, i've managed to get a certain amount of information about certain books and the authors that wrote them. I know about the books written by R.L. Stine and J.R.R. Tolkien but i've never actually read them. I have read parts of the Redwall books but i got most of my information about them from either looking online or watching the TV adaptation. Is it wrong to try and be a writer myself?