tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4451536551009143796.post2270466530182183316..comments2023-11-18T03:17:06.741-05:00Comments on Writers by the Shore: Why I Choose to be a WriterWriters by the Shorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13279837596684510697noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4451536551009143796.post-64302245988090640042013-03-28T16:26:03.399-04:002013-03-28T16:26:03.399-04:00Hear, hear, Toni!Hear, hear, Toni!Archana Bharathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18242326180360501011noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4451536551009143796.post-16239792963576151642013-03-28T12:50:32.883-04:002013-03-28T12:50:32.883-04:00I've had this debate with myself many times, e...I've had this debate with myself many times, even after I attained the "coveted" contract. The truth of it is is that writing is hard work. While we are willing to work hard in order to get that bigger salary or those "perks", working hard with no promise of immediate reward sometimes feels insane by our society's standards. But our society's standards are not necessarily the healthiest. How many people are locked into jobs that give them a great salary, a title, all those perks - yet they are still miserable? Many of those people have come up to me with a wistful look in their eye and say, "How I wish I could write." They could, if they were willing to forgo some of those perks. And it just might mean taking the time you get your nails done every week to sit down and write. Or forgo an hour of sleep every night. Writing will demand some kind of sacrifice, but wouldn't giving up on your desire to write be an even bigger sacrifice? If we all lived by our own standards and not those inflicted by others onto us, we would develop into the people we are meant to be. I'd like to live in a world like that. Toni De Palmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13647211013574398394noreply@blogger.com