Writing
The 6 Types of Writing Careers (A Little Humor)
09
Sep
Sep
A little writing humor. See which one you relate to.
- The Old School Tie
- They are only interested in respectable, old school publishing. They won’t do a thing without asking their publisher about it first, by snail mail, with a self-addressed, stamped envelope.
- Plus side: Legitimacy is written all over them.
- Ugly side: They’re about 20 to 30 years behind the rest of the world.
- They are only interested in respectable, old school publishing. They won’t do a thing without asking their publisher about it first, by snail mail, with a self-addressed, stamped envelope.
- The Guerrilla Ronin
- They’re restless, with bubbling creativity. They’re too impatient for query letters and slush piles. They prefer indie publishing and wandering the wastelands in search of fame and fortune.
- Plus side: Their spontaneous, creative firepower
- Ugly side: They have mad skills with a sword. They may need reminding the pen’s pretty mighty too.
- They’re restless, with bubbling creativity. They’re too impatient for query letters and slush piles. They prefer indie publishing and wandering the wastelands in search of fame and fortune.
- The Fragile Daffodil
- They’re timid and tentative. They’re always just a year away from finally finishing that novel—after just a few more edits. Their career usually doesn’t last past the first rejection letter.
- Plus side: They are cautious and sensitive. Writers have been known to.
- Ugly side: Writers have gotten more than one rejection letter, occasionally.
- They’re timid and tentative. They’re always just a year away from finally finishing that novel—after just a few more edits. Their career usually doesn’t last past the first rejection letter.
- The Wandering Fool
- They’re imaginative to a fault, and they’re usually found wandering off cliffs with their heads firmly in the clouds. Given divine protection or a bit of luck, they sometimes have careers.
- Plus side: They have original, imaginative writing.
- Ugly side: They’re not career-oriented and prone to sudden drops in altitude.
- They’re imaginative to a fault, and they’re usually found wandering off cliffs with their heads firmly in the clouds. Given divine protection or a bit of luck, they sometimes have careers.
- The Ruthless Schmoozer
- They’re smooth and slick, they’ll sell you the movie rights to your grandma’s grocery list if you let your guard down. They can usually be found circling the bestseller lists.
- Plus side: They can get those mad book sales.
- Ugly side: They usually have more of a passion for larceny than literature.
- They’re smooth and slick, they’ll sell you the movie rights to your grandma’s grocery list if you let your guard down. They can usually be found circling the bestseller lists.
- The Twisted Bitter Nut
- They’re jaded by a million rejection letters. They’ve devolved into a bitter, paranoid shadow. Wise to the conspiracy against them, they usually wrap their manuscripts in tin foil.
- Plus side: They’re a lot less dangerous than they look.
- Ugly side: That would be everything else surrounding them.
- They’re jaded by a million rejection letters. They’ve devolved into a bitter, paranoid shadow. Wise to the conspiracy against them, they usually wrap their manuscripts in tin foil.
