Hey Veeky Forums
I just turned 26 and decided to quit my full-time job to focus on writing as much as possible. I'm thinking of applying to work part-time (20 horus) as a 2-year researcher for the philosophy department of a college for $15,500 per annum.
Is this a retarded thing to do?
Any step away from wage cuckery is a good idea.
Expect to struggle, but it's not like you're the only writer that ever struggled. Best of luck.
Working a full time job in most places as an adult expect to suffer. If you can live on low funds and sustain a healthy proactive lifestyle following a passion desu its a lot better.
You're putting all your eggs in one fragile basket. It's not wise.
If the talent is not there (seems like you're nothing special, no offense) then you will be disappointed.
Why does it seem like I'm nothing special? Because I'm 26 and obscure?
Also, I'm not very materialistic and at this point I've accepted that I don't aspire to be the breadwinner of a nuclear family or a career-hungry kind of guy. I accept that I'll be quite poor. Even so, I'll still be able to save like $200 a month if I'm frugal.
He's projecting. You've obviously thought your options through, so how can it be retarded?
Asking here is retarded, though.
It's just such an unusual step that I would appreciated some second opinions. I have nobody to ask IRL and I am prone to fantasizing about doing pretty self-sabotaging stuff e.g. living out of a car, living in a tent, spending all my savings on a barn in the wilderness and going there to die.
A friend of a friend is a bestselling author. She quit her job as a journalist/op-ed writer to write full time. She was skint a lot but ended up getting representation. She writes chick lit which I'm not a fan of but she recently signed a six-figure three book deal. So in some very rare cases it works out.
How old was she when her debut was released?
Also which genre(s)?