Sheenagh wrote:
>>I can't really see it as one
>>either, because it's too much fun; work is what you do
>>that you don't enjoy, because you need the money.
Writing has always been the province of amateurs - those who do it for
love - and this ideal surely must be fiercely protected. Nevertheless...
The problem with divorcing writing from "serious" work is that it may
reduce writing to the status of a hobby, or charitable work, done by the
mildly interested for diversion or the good of their souls or something.
Only to be dropped with distaste as soon as it starts being demanding in
some less pleasant way. Writing is as worth doing seriously, which means
the toil and unpleasant bits as well as those which are "fun", as any
other human activity. Isn't it? Doesn't it deserve the dignity of work?
I like Alice Walker's definition: "Work is love made visible".
Best
Alison
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