Attebery said:
I feel the same way. I tried to take Locke's approach, but I honestly can't see what pleasure he might derive from churning that product out. Money is nice, but that motivator can only last for so long. He doesn't strike me as a real writer. I don't see any sign that he writes anything he feels the need to say.
Wow. Not sure where to start with some of these comments. I guess overall: why do you care what someone else does? And would you care if he "churned out product" and hadn't sold 1mm+ books? Speaking of churning out product, there is a fifteen page thread documenting people trying to write 60k words in 29 days. Is that similar to churning out product?
Who cares if he is a marketing guy? Being a millionaire before he started writing? How is that relevant? The "real writer" theme through the thread has me scratching my head, too.
Not sure that money is his motivator (see pre-existing millionaire condition above). Maybe he wants to be the big dog. Maybe he wants to see his name in the #1 slot. Maybe he has his own goals he would like to reach. (Is it acceptable for non-REAL writers to have goals?) Maybe he has an ego the size of Louisville. Who cares? I doubt he would question your motivation: I imagine that he would just wish you well.
Books are income producing assets and should be managed as income producing assets, regardless if your motivation is money or being "read" (the idea being that you have to move product to reach those goals). If you just want to be "read," put your book up for free and write another one. If you are a writer that just absolutely
has to write, to tell that story that is
burning through your soul (needing a cathartic outlet seems to be the definition of a REAL writer (at least in this thread)), then go "hone your craft," "open a vein on the page," and put that thing in a drawer.
Incoming..........
