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^i get the feeling he is in 'chronic pain', and this is part of the problem inspiration.
seems deeply familiar is all.

attorneys dooo find their place of necessity...
but not a good place to start, hehe;-)


CoffeeDrinker seems in the press, with their suggestions.
focusing on establishing yourself at this point, and doing what ever else you can in the meantime would be your best bet.
 
Find local or regional media outlets and market your skills to them. Newspaper, magazine, TV, radio; they all require more than ever people with real skills. The state of the economy has raised the competitive bar in all industries, resulting in the kind of out-of-the-box thinking that puts an OS by Google on your cell phone and overnight Youtube sensations on Letterman.

Hell, Youtube is nothing more than a cash cow. We log in and see an endless source of entertainment, Google sees us logging in to view more ads which put endless coin in their pocket. That's where the caveat lies; to build yourself a reputation in the industry from scratch, you have to be willing to put the money first and willing to put in the work that ensures first and foremost you are earning money for your employers. The people who manage to be wildly marketable just doing their own thing (i.e. Charlie Sheen) are few and far between and if you look at their life stories it took a lot of hustle just to get to the point they are at.

Ultimately, getting a job in the industry is dangerous for a poet. You are bound to writing what your employer requires you to write about and no doubts you'll improve at avoiding syntax errors but it could come at the cost of your creativity.

Having said that, the fields in which a way with words is useful are limitless. Writers for magazines like GQ and Road & Track are a happy bunch because they are able to combine a passion for the niche topics focused on by the magazine with their love for writing. If your writing has a purpose that means something to you, who is to tell where you could take your skills?
 
sog.pain4evr said:
welcum 2 the intranet, and my spelling is at least that of a foreteen year old. n ppl read bs writing all the time, bday and christmas cards for example, but think wat u want as i already gave my reasons in my original post about y i cant write anything too serious at the moment. and theres been good input, but all of it takes time, i need $ now
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Don't defend your poor grammar, just learn from it and get in the habit of using proper grammar and syntax if you are going for writing. You could be saying something totally brilliant, but if there's loads of mistakes in spelling and all the technical details you're going to lose a huge percentage of the amount of people that you could be winning over.
Whether you're going for prose or poetry you should at least know the rules of proper English and bend them to your will. The result is far more meaningful and impressive when you knowingly break the rules to emphasize a certain point.
Offer to be an English Tutor for godsake. Just put up an ad in craigslist and convince people to give you money. There's a nearly unlimited amount of things you could be doing for money that just uses your brain and inherent skills to create or augment opportunities, then work hard at those opportunities and don't take short-cuts. The more you get used to writing and acting and thinking like a pro, the sooner you will become a pro.

I'm just trying to give you advice that makes sense to me as I also have aspirations to be a writer in some capacity. I feel like a man should use those skills which inherently come to him for the purposes of bread-winning first, and then perhaps branch out later as life happens. There is harmony in that. Even if it's not exactly what I might have set out to do, as long as it engages the part of the brain that gets satisfied every time I write something that truly reflects what I feel inside, then I can be happy with that.
 
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(1) Write something you believe is good.

(2) Identify a successful writer who you believe will also believe it's good. If possible, check to make sure he reads his mail/ is known for generosity to new talent / isn't known for ripping off the work of unknowns. Alternately, invest in copyright before proceeding.

(3) Dispatch. If suits, accompany with faked covering letter of recommendation from distant acquaintance of successful writer. Enclosed s.a.e. for return of ms.

(4) Wait. Don't know US postal charges nowadays but even on welfare you should be able to afford two or three pops a week. If you're good enough, sooner or later you'll get lucky.
 
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