The most annoying aspects to writing not only in general but especially with creating and trail
blazing a path towards a writing career: time, energy, and patience – in that order.
Unfortunately, there isn’t a one-track path which launches you to becoming a successful writer.
Many people in general can’t comprehend (I specifically use the contractual verb can’t, and not
don’t, because don’t is a choice); because, they’ve never tried to sit down and write a two-page
short story or a bridge to a song. Many will speak they can do a better job than most writers
without even having the courage to write in straight ink without the provided eraser.
Time is the first difficult aspect to pursuing a writing career because we have to make the time
to sit down: not only think, research, create and hope the creative rhythm is flowing in that
moment. Energy is the next difficult aspect to pursuing a writing career – writing doesn’t
generate money right away. You will be working a day job while crafting stories and characters
and trying to publish other works in the process to platform your name in the literary world.
Patience is the most difficult aspect to pursuing a writing career – everything comes down to

patience. Are you patient enough to take the time and energy needed either every day or every
other day for a few hours a day, while waiting to be published or receive notoriety you feel you
deserve, to work on: a book, design a cover, edit a piece of writing, perhaps free write to flush
out ideas because that’s needed at times too.
The viscous circle of becoming a writer requires: passion, drive, thought, need, and
determination to “make it.” I use “make it” very loosely because to “make it” as a writer is
meant to be (and this is a blanket statement for all forms of art) creating art – if you’re creating
art whether it be writing, painting, sculpting, filmmaking, etc. – you’ve already “made it.”
However, to continuously create requires passion for an art form you’re currently studying and
working in: internal drive to continue every day to learn something new you didn’t know before
about the art form; thought - to help create the idea you want to convey, the need you desire
your work to be experienced even if it’s for free just so it can be experienced by another
person, and the determination to not stop after doing it once so you can continue to progress
at the art form you’re currently working in.
There are two more annoying factors which are equally important: honesty and courage. Artists
when first starting out will tend to only ask for known bias opinions – which isn’t helpful. If you
believe in your work and yourself, you will take anyone’s opinion whether it be positive or
negative and think about it – it doesn’t mean you have to accept it because never forget a
review within art from anyone will be subjective. The last most important aspect is courage –
the courage it takes to undertake something new you’ve never done before when other’s will
tell you: “don’t bother,” or “it’s a waste of your time,” or “you’re not that good, give up” – the
mistake here would be not bothering wasting your time to experience something new because
someone else is too afraid to try something new. This takes immense amount of courage and as
an artist you will have to go against the grain your entire life and believe in yourself because
you know internally, deep down you have something special to say and never let anyone
discourage you, ever. It takes not only courage to start something new but even more courage
after you begin an art form to show someone else what you created – this is the most
vulnerable and fruitful position you can ever put yourself in – embrace it, enjoy it, and
remember it – every single time you display your art for thoughts.