guys

[Samus Aran]

i really need to just go for it

just fucking go for it

just fucking write something and send it in

somewhere

anywhere

so why is it so hard

[applesauce]

do it!

[YPrrrr]

I've considered sending some things to the Onion before but I could never work up the gaul. Or the work ethic

[Nyerp]

i've never written a single word in my entire life don't ask me

[Thyme]

Don't you know any literary magazines you could write and send short stories to? Maybe you should look into that.

[Samus Aran]

Don't you know any literary magazines you could write and send short stories to? Maybe you should look into that.

Not off the top of my head but I know how I can easily find a list of them, as "Poets and Writers" magazine has a sort of "classifieds" list for that sort of thing in the back of every issue. So not knowing where to send things to is not really the problem.

[applesauce]

Not off the top of my head but I know how I can easily find a list of them, as "Poets and Writers" magazine has a sort of "classifieds" list for that sort of thing in the back of every issue. So not knowing where to send things to is not really the problem.

Have you ever read anything by Anne Dillard? I know Dan is about to come in here and rail on her, but I thought her books were generally very inspiring when it came to writing nonfiction.

[Thyme]

Not off the top of my head but I know how I can easily find a list of them, as "Poets and Writers" magazine has a sort of "classifieds" list for that sort of thing in the back of every issue. So not knowing where to send things to is not really the problem.

well you better find a solution to that other problem, w/e it is

[piano moths]

you should just go for it. w

[LCK]

Have you ever read anything by Anne Dillard? I know Dan is about to come in here and rail on her, but I thought her books were generally very inspiring when it came to writing nonfiction.

wait

is snorkel's name dan

[The Hand That Fisted Everyone]

Don't you know any literary magazines you could write and send short stories to? Maybe you should look into that.

This.

Many writers got their start like this. Edgar Allen Poe springs to mind, but there are definitely many others. If you're going to have a career in the arts, then you're going to have to be dedicated and get out of your comfort zone. Networking is a huge part of that, which is hard for me to admit because I hate people. Yet to be successful, you'll have to bite the bullet and be more proactive. Also, you should just send drafts to publishers or something. Kind of like how some bands will send demo tapes to record labels. Sometimes they get signed, sometimes they don't. If you can get a small publisher on your side, then it would be easier to slingshot your way to a larger publisher.

[applesauce]

wait

is snorkel's name dan

Yes.

[LCK]

Yes.

wow

i had no idea

[piano moths]

I was trying to think of what Snorkel's name is a few days ago and I just kept thinking "Andrew" because it's my brothers name and Snorkel makes me think of my brother (even though i don't think they're that similar, they're just blonde curly handsomes & weed)

[applesauce]

I just kept thinking "Andrew"

That's my name. But don't call me that.