{"id":3589,"date":"2010-02-23T06:30:33","date_gmt":"2010-02-23T11:30:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onthe8spot.com\/?p=3589"},"modified":"2010-02-23T06:30:33","modified_gmt":"2010-02-23T11:30:33","slug":"repostso-you-want-to-be-a-propinoy-penman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/onthe8spot.com\/index.php\/2010\/02\/23\/repostso-you-want-to-be-a-propinoy-penman\/","title":{"rendered":"rePost::So You Want to Be a Pro::Pinoy Penman"},"content":{"rendered":"

Some good advice on how to become a professional writer!!!<\/h3>\n
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So You Want to Be a Pro<\/h3>\n
\nPenman for Monday, February 22, 2010
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So rather than fuss over what \u201csuccess\u201d means, I\u2019m going to address these remarks to people who want to become professional writers, by which I mean people who depend on their writing to support themselves and their families. Journalists naturally fall into this category and already know pretty much what I\u2019ll be saying here; it\u2019s the creative writer and the academic who may need a bit of a reorientation, since I\u2019ve found that it\u2019s this person who often doesn\u2019t have the foggiest idea what the market needs.
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\n10. Don\u2019t forget what you\u2019re doing all of this for. <\/strong>Whether it\u2019s for God, country, family, fame, or just the chance to get some paid time off to write that novel, or for that down payment on a new apartment or a new car, you have to remember why it\u2019s important to keep writing, and to write well. Good writing can be its own reason for being, and provide its own satisfaction\u2014but it\u2019s even better if it means that much to somebody else.
\nvia Pinoy Penman<\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Some good advice on how to become a professional writer!!! So You Want to Be a Pro Penman for Monday, February 22, 2010 ….. So rather than fuss over what \u201csuccess\u201d means, I\u2019m going to address these remarks to people who want to become professional writers, by which I mean people who depend on their … <\/p>\n

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