A lot of people see writing as a dream job. Heck, a lot of full-time writers see writing as a dream job. I sure think writing is a dream job. And if you think writing is a ream job, too, I want to ask you why.
All too often, I hear the sentiment that writing is easy. And because of that, it is a dream job because it is simple, makes a lot of money, and makes you famous, all at once. You just sit down, whip out a story, and rake it in.
Well, that's entirely false. First and foremost, writing isn't easy. If you've read my previous two posts, you would know that by now. On top of that, the writers who make a ton of money and become famous are a particularly small percent of all the writers out there.
However, writing still is a dream job to me, just for a different reason. In writing, you can create your own worlds and your own people. You can experiment with any ideas you have, finding the results of putting certain types of people in a given situation. You can tell all the stories you think should be told and have other people read them and reflect upon them. You get to do the things you love doing and make a living because of it.
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If the only criteria for a dream job was "easy" then I wouldn't hear everyone in retail bitching about their job.
ReplyDeleteBoth firefighting and computer programming would fall under dream job for me. Neither of these professions are very easy (seriously. Try making it as a professional firefighter. Only 15% of anyone in this profession is actually paid)