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Old 09-13-2005, 10:20 AM   #1
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Default Writing as a hobby?

Do you write for yourself ( as a hobby) or for publishing purposes?

Have you ever been published? Tell us your experiences!
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Old 09-14-2005, 07:17 PM   #2
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Published? School literary magazine, a great acheivement XD. No. I wish, but definately not.

I write as a hobby, because I like it, but the eventual goal of being published is somewhere out there. I just need to do a lot of work first, and have some fun too.
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Old 09-15-2005, 06:25 AM   #3
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I am published two times already, with the third on the way. I'm working on being published more too, though I definitely write as a hobby as well.
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Old 09-19-2005, 08:19 PM   #4
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My play was produced. Some odds and ends published. A couple awards/contests won. Writing is a good time.
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Old 09-26-2005, 09:55 PM   #5
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I write as a hobby with the hopes of being published. My poems and one of my short stories have been published in a paper that a friend of mine started, it's really cool to see my stuff in print and my hopes rise to the future when I maybe being published in world-wide newspapers, and stating my own magizine.
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Old 09-29-2005, 08:10 AM   #6
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I've only been writing for a couple of years but now it's practically all I do (outside uni that is). I'm trying to get my first book published and I'd really like to make it as a professional writer. Does anyone find it hard to tell people that they write? I told my family and they treat me like it's a bit of a joke. I hate it!
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Old 10-05-2005, 03:27 PM   #7
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i write b/c it helps me think things through and i eventually want to be published.

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Old 10-08-2005, 05:36 PM   #8
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haha I love it when you keep journal and you usually only write it in it when you're really emotionally stressed because it's basically an outlet. I love to go back and read all those mean entries when I get mad at my mom or boyfriend. It just puts things in perspective you know? Like when you're writing it you feel like it's the end of the world and things will never be happy again, but chances are like three hours later something good happened or the person apologized.
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Old 10-09-2005, 10:15 PM   #9
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Both, for me. I write simply because I love to, but I have also been published and hope to publish my novel in the future.

I've mostly published articles and stories, payless, but I just got a 5000 word historical biography published in a collection, for pay.
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Old 10-10-2005, 03:44 AM   #10
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Both, for me. I write simply because I love to, but I have also been published and hope to publish my novel in the future.

I've mostly published articles and stories, payless, but I just got a 5000 word historical biography published in a collection, for pay.

Well done! What was it about?
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