Why to write? This is a great question, and one that really does need to be answered. However, before I can answer that, I think it should be addressed as to why this question came up in the first place. More or less, Chronic (my friend) and myself have had visions of writing in some capacity for quite awhile. We want to have our creative voices heard, but as it turns out they are only heard by one another 99% of the time. On top of that, we share a creative vision on many things, so it would only make sense we’d be optimal writing partners. So, after saying “I should write movies” or “I should write a book” for several years, I’ve decided its time to get off my fat ass (yes, I am a large man) and make it happen. My problem is dedication, so if I’m going to do this I need to make sure I am really and truly 100% committed to it. To do that, I decided it makes a lot of sense to write a piece on why I want to write. This is my little love letter to myself, to show myself how witty I am, how great my writing style can be, and more importantly to have it in paper that (1) I am dedicated and (2) I have real reasons for pursuing this. Maybe one day I can put this in a “special edition” of on my books, or some bullshit like that. Maybe not. We’ll see. So, back to the question – why to write? My reasons, as we’ve just read, include wanting to make movies and maybe even some fucking novels – assuming I ever get off my lazy ass. Here are some other reasons, in no particular order. At the moment I think it would be a lot more fun then programming on a computer all day. Maybe I’m wrong, but it sure sounds a lot more fun. Programming is starting to feel stale to me or something, don’t get me wrong, I still dig it, I’m just not “loving” what I do at this point. Second, I think I have a lot to say. Not on some high-end meaningful level, I’m not that fucking proud of myself, but I just mean I have a lot of things to tell people – stories, thoughts, quips, hell I dunno…all kinds of things. Third, there isn’t a lot out there right now that I love to read, and I think that maybe if I write stuff I like I’d want to read it, so maybe there are people out there like me right now. For example, I love the opening scene to a movie I wrote, where this old lady gets the shit kicked out of her (don’t worry, she was an evil demon so its cool), but I just don’t read or see enough stuff like that. Which to me means its time I put it out there.
Okay, we covered the reasons (I thought I had a lot more, but I guess I was wrong…that sucks). So now lets talk logistics. Can I make money being a writer? Well, in my mind I sure as heck can! My thought is this, if I can write movie scripts (for example) I can make money that way. If I write books, that could also be a source of income. If I start a blog, maybe I can be like Perez Hilton and make money from advertisements. However, if I ever become like Perez Hilton someone please kill me, because I would be a piece of shit. Speaking of blogs, what kind of blog do people really want to read right now? Celebrity gossip? Not my thang. Movie news? I think that fat fuck harry has it covered. Maybe just a blog about my process of becoming a writer? Actually that’s not a terrible idea – Okay, I’m going to make a blog about becoming a writer. Done. And this is my first post, how sweet is that! So much for my “putting this in a special edition of my novel” idea, but who was I kidding up there – that is probably not going to happen. So, welcome to my blog about a typical computer nerd becoming a writer, I hope you dig it!
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