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Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Faulkner fucked off on his post office job to write masterpieces, and Nathanel West was a hotel manager who let writers stay there for free.
But I assume they were still getting paid.
Frankly, I believe Plan B is often inimical to creative work.
I think what's pretty inimical to creative work is being so sick you can barely lift your head and not having the money to see a doctor. Living on so much ramen and PB&J you're actually malnourished because you don't have money for decent food.
I don't know why anybody's upset to hear iconoclastic advice from Amanda Palmer.
Partially because I KNOW that Amanda Palmer's plan A included the safety net of being able to go home to her parents, and (as I said upthread) relied on other people taking care of her and the people working for her.
Frankly, I believe Plan B is often inimical to creative work.
We have different opinions on this. That's really all I can say.
My friend C is the pie baker -- she was a baker , did the corporate thing and is now a baker again. I know what she did to become a baker again. She took care of business - put together a plan to get back into a creative field
her last newsletter
Wed night is not a great kerfuffle night for me, not really feeling it.
Congrats Gud!
Also, I will say that in my experience, the people who are dismissive of having a plan b or safety net are also usually the people who will tell you all about their big plans for their fantastic project that they're going to start on any day now. There's a lack of follow-through, and that is one of the things that makes my hackles rise.
I mean it is great if you don't need a plan B. Creative work,if done properly is hard work, and having a second full time job no more enhances it than having a second full time job enhances any other full time job. But not being willing to turn to plan B when you need one really is irresponsible. That it occasionally works out is great, but a lot of people ruin their lives and those of other by not having a plan B. And I notice that nobody says how great it is if someone takes a run at professional sports, fails and has no education or backup plan to make a living ...
But not being willing to turn to plan B when you need one really is irresponsible. That it occasionally works out is great, but a lot of people ruin their lives and those of other by not having a plan B. And I notice that nobody says how great it is if someone takes a run at professional sports, fails and has no education or backup plan to make a living ...
EXACTLY.
If you don't want to have a plan B, fine. But then I really hope that no one else is depending on you, and that the only life you're gambling with is your own.
And (because as I said, this is a hot button for me): I love the idea of Kickstarter-funded projects and grants for the arts. Because again, the people who follow those avenues are putting in the effort.
The thing about using Rent as an example though (of the writer writing successfully and holding down a job) is that I think he literally worked himself to death to put Rent on.
That was likely his set of choices, but I wonder how the work would have been different if it had taken him a bit longer to put it out and took better care of his health. But maybe his ailment was too difficult to treat.