Comments on: Contracts Are a Scribe’s Best Friend

By: Hellion

Hellion — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 18:41:08 +0000

*bows* Thank you, Julie…and I love your definition of success. Very true. I do love the feeling of accomplishment when I can get another person to read something I wrote and have them go, “I love Ben” (lying, cheating jerk he appears) or “Lucifer is so…delicious…and sad.” That’s my favorite.

By: Julie

Julie — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 16:52:27 +0000

And finally
Speaking of Success
*clap*Clap*CLAP*
Bravo Maestro Hellion!

By: Julie

Julie — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 16:49:11 +0000

And
Writing? I don’t ever think that I would… could… apply the term Writing to what I do. It sounds too weird to me. Because, I don’t write. I am a painter of pictures. Only in this case I am painting the picture… you writers call it a story… with words.
Success for me is measured in “cans”. Can I tell you a story that’s gives you some insight into “a moment”? Can I Engage your senses or “your sense of” in such a way that you feel like you were standing next to me… or inside of me? Can I give you insight? Can I make you understand the whys and the hows? Can I make you laugh? Can I make you cry? IF I Can do those things… make you think… make you feel… even if it’s just for a nanosecond ….
Then yes… I Can say
Quite honestly
I am a success

By: Julie

Julie — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 16:47:30 +0000

“Well gosh… look what I missed yesterday. Sigh… that’s what I get for doing laundry. I really gotta get my priorities straight! “

By: Hellion

Hellion — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 15:19:08 +0000

Janga: As someone I’m fond of frequently tells me, “Go big, or go home.” *LOL* Dream big. It’s better to aim at the stars and miss than aim at the gutter and hit it.

Santa, you’re right. All the steps are important…there is always a new challenge once you get “what you want.” If I got an agent, there’d be a dozen other issues I’d have to contend with. *LOL* And not one of them would be: “What should I spend my advance on first?”

By: Janga

Janga — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 15:01:01 +0000

Brava, Hellion! Another example of your genius!

My definition of writing success is flexible. The first time I got paid for writing was when I wrote a love letter for someone. I was twelve, and I felt very successful. At the moment, success is finishing these @#%#@ revisions. In my grandest dreams, success is a very good advance and later a place on the NYT bestseller list. Dream big, right?

By: Santa

Santa — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 00:50:06 +0000

Hellion - just when you think you’ve done an incredible bit - you outdo yourself once again.

Brilliant, my dear, brilliant!

And to answer your question - a contract is part of the dream come true. An affirmation that someone out there thinks your work has merit. So, I’ll keep on writing because each manuscript, each revision brings me closer to making my dream come true.

By: Hellion

Hellion — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 21:31:24 +0000

Sin’s reading mishap has made me giggle this afternoon too. *LOL*

By: Hellion

Hellion — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 21:30:44 +0000

Ely, I’m just impressed you were so…succinct. My want ad would be shelved next to War & Peace.

By: Elyssa

Elyssa — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 20:14:52 +0000

Oh this song parody made me laugh! (And it’s so true)!

I’m a writer iso of an agent iso publication.

Wanted ads, writer’s style. LOL.