The fact that many writers have day jobs is not new — most aspiring writers do (and many of the successful ones did, too, before they made it big.)
So to say I have a job isn’t all that interesting. Where people get hung up is when I clarify:
I’m not trying to leave it.
Because “escaping a job” isn’t every writer’s primary motivation.
I know that it is the main goal for a lot of aspiring writers, especially bloggers and freelancers, but for a lot of us (myself included) it’s not. (And to be honest, I’m always a bit surprised when folks are confused by this.)
Some writers aren’t writing in hopes it will “save” us. Rather:
- A lot of writers like their day job, and equally important:
- A lot of writers’ motivation for writing is simply: to write
PART 1: WORK
John Gorman is another Medium writer who not only has a day job, but isn’t gunning to ditch it. He and I once talked about this on a call and agreed.
Gorman wrote,
“I am so blessed, lucky and privileged to be able to do the things I love (write, play music) for a career, in the city I wanted… It…
