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I have known that I wanted to write for a living since I started High School and have spend the last decade attempting to do just that. At the same time I have struggled with moderate jobs and given up a lot to follow a dream.

A few months ago I got fed up

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Arts & Humanities > Writing (Other) Writing: Gift or curse? A glance at the ups and downs: 4 of 63
Many of the best writing books I have read started with what I have decided is the first rule of writing. "If you can imagine yourself doing anything else don't even consider a career in writing.". This may seem harsh or perhaps an attempt to keep out as much competition as possible, but it's excellent advice for many more th... More..
Arts & Humanities > Political Philosophy What is wrong with this world?: 8 of 123
It is quite clear that there is something fundamentally wrong with the world. There is some crack in the foundation of all society. This understanding has existed for as long as civilization has. We have ancient religions that tell us of a fall from grace into the world we have now. They tell us we are cursed, and perhaps we ... More..
Arts & Humanities > Fantasy & Science Fiction Essential 'Fantasy' reading list: 2 of 30
Fantasy is a wide genre with numerous styles and types of books that have very little in common besides having some type of magical or supernatural element. This can make it a difficult genre to begin to read in and after having discovered a single novel or series knowing where to go next can be hard. At the heart of fant... More..
Entertainment > Movie Genres Ten things that science fiction got wrong: 1 of 15
The universe is likely a far stranger place than even our most creative minds can imagine. Just in our own solar system we know that there are mountains bigger than anything on earth, oceans of methane, great gas planets and entire systems of moons and science fiction is the vehicle that we use to begin to prepare our minds f... More..
Arts & Humanities > Literature (Other) Readers share their favorite novels: 4 of 56
When considering favorite books it is easy to go to the classics like "The Grapes of Wrath", "Pride and Prejudice", "Frankenstein", or "The Time Machine". They are all good books but as smart and well written as these books and as glad as I am to read them they aren't the books that draw me back time and again. Those are boo... More..
Arts & Humanities > Writing for Success Networking: Why writers need other writers: 2 of 28
Writing is one of the loneliest jobs in the world, not only are you likely sitting at home alone in a closed room, but when written correctly your work looks easy, and trying to explain to someone that making a piece of writing seem simple and easy is a great deal of work is an effort in futility and one that no one really wa... More..
Arts & Humanities > Writing Tips Practical rules for writers: 1 of 14
As writers everyone wants the secrets to great storytelling, to the perfect sentence, fantastic characters, interesting ideas and giant piles of cash. We look for rules than can be applied to our writing that will tell us how craft stories that come alive. Yet the one rule to writing that we can't escape is that there are no ... More..
Arts & Humanities > Writing (Other) A word to the wise: Memorable sayings: 2 of 27
Ideas of their own are a beautiful thing but alone they are weak and helpless. It is the great orators, thinkers and philosophers who create power from them creating weapons that have defeated the most powerful of empires, overcome wars, ended oppression, and possibly saved humanity. It is not possible to overemphasise the im... More..
Arts & Humanities > Political Philosophy Why socialism cannot succeed: 2 of 27
Socialism at its most basic is a nice idea with only a single major flaw. Unfortunately, that flaw is a complete inability to work in the real world. Think about it from the point of view of the desired outcome. Everyone contributes what they can to society and then everyone takes what they need. No one is hungry or poor, the... More..
Arts & Humanities > Philosophical Concepts The true definition of religion: 2 of 27
Defining religion is something that is nearly impossible. Even inside the same church belief is something that is extremely varied and religion to one man is often called myth by another and even a cult by the third. In addition to this it often seems that those who claim to have no religion such as atheists are often more f... More..