The mysterious writing secret…
Writing is an odd one: like illustration, the people who do it can often be highly secretive…as though they belong to some ancient cult where everyone has to murder another just to get in. Then I come along, Mr-look-at-me-beginner-writer and all of a sudden heads start to turn the other way.
Now, maybe it’s just me, but I find this the wrong attitude. Okay, so I’m not a pro yet, but that doesn’t mean that if someone less experienced asked me a direct question I would avoid answering them. I personally think that there’s absolutely nothing wrong with passing on information to those around you.
There is another argument, of course, and one which I have been avoiding quite successfully so far. It is this: “I am an established writer and it took a long time and a lot of effort to get where I am today. Why should I pass all that onto a new writer?”
You see how tricky this conundrum is?
It’s hard.
But then again, maybe it isn’t hard. I used to work in Internet security and plenty of people asked me off the record about that. I never held anything back. I just always thought that it was so simple anyone could learn it online anyway.
I have a resolution: once I know a bit more – or a lot more – I will do my best to help out fellow writers. It may alienate me from the more established crowd, but at least I’ll be staying true to my roots and that’s the main thing.
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