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Ideal_Rock
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Haven|1361860532|3390638 said:I would resign and write full-time.
What's holding me back? I really love my job and I know if I leave it the odds are very low that I'll ever land a similar position again. I write part-time now, but my most productive (and satisfying) writing period was about three years ago when I quit one job and had a year before I started working full-time again. I'm finishing revisions on a YA novel, so now I need to send out queries and get me an agent!It's the first piece I've been serious about polishing, and I'm so lucky to have found five readers willing to give me great feedback.
I also fear that I wouldn't be as passionate about writing if it became my full-time "job". I currently savor the time I have to write because it's an outlet, so who knows how it would feel if it was my main focus. That productive period I had between FT jobs was still a short-term thing, and I knew it. I suppose you could say I fear my passion would ebb away if there was no limit to the time I had to write.
Haven! That's great!!! I'm so excited for your book to be published! That's awesome, what an accomplishment! Are you financially dependent on your job? I think if (i mean when) your books gets published, you can see how much that's bringing in and decide then if you want to do this full time. or maybe you continue doing this part time and stay at your current job part time? When I hear people (mainly those who write) having writing blocks, I always think of that movie Something's Gotta Give (maybe see that? ). Good luck!! Let me know how it goes!!