Published on 12, July, 2020
Does anyone know if this is something anyone does?
I feel like I just need to speak to someone because my head's all over the place regarding what I want to do. I know I don't need to have it all worked out now, but it'd be nice to have some direction.
I've spent many many years trying to work it out on my own, and I think I realised that it's not really working anymore.
How old are you and how much training are you interested in persuing?
I'm 26. I guess I'm at that age where any training would probably have to be minimal as I feel I need to earn.
Some questions:
1 - What is your relationship with computers? With the arts and humanities?
2 - What are you doing when you realize you are not thinking of something else while your doing it?
3 - do you drive? How mobility independent are you?
4 - where would you spend the most of your time if you could teleport there and back?
Off the cuff guess but - perhaps you would do well in research and library sciences but for that a bit of procedural training would suit. That can be had on the job. - just a guess.
knowing the answers to the above questions will help you figure out what floats your boat. Some of us are not able to hold a job but can manage small cottage industries.
That is exactly what expository journalists do, get out and about. Look the term up, research this word about researchers. You could also go into forensic sciences. CSI stuff.
Keep submitting. Keep submitting and you will succeed. Find a small publication and get in there - or report on local event for a local news paper.
Having been published shows you can do it and where is almost secondary - well not in a paper that thinks bat boy is on the loose again - . The more practice you have the better. Everyone gets rejected over and over and then things crack open and your in!
I summited and got rejected with my poetry ( a very hard field to crack into) for 6 months and taking to heart the suggestions of the editors, before I saw my work in print. Then, the more you publish the easier it is to publish as you've established a relationship with the publishing world.
Online publishing is also an option or you can joint the scaffolding of the tower of babel and start a blog or pod cast of your own and gain a following that way.
Self publishing is another avenue but self published works often come of as vanity projects.
There is copious material online about publishing.
Good hunting!