Part 1 of whatever this is..
To be a writer, you should learn how to write, but, more importantly: you must learn about people.
This is why I took three majors at university: Psych; Poli Sci, and Int'l Studies. I could use them towards writing, or end up working at the U.N.
I didn't take anthropology, as Vonnegut did. I had a friend who did that. Seriously, anthropology is something you can do while mowing. If you know people, you know anthropology.
Another thing, if you want to be a writer: You must learn about how to get away from people. Because, seriously, look at it this way: If a world of idiots wanted to contemplate itself, it would stop being idiots for just a smidgen. It has no interest in doing that. And, so - you must be that smidgen. Taking a break from the wanton gossipy slings and arrows. To write, you must escape that banality.
This is why I took three majors at university: Psych; Poli Sci, and Int'l Studies. I could use them towards writing, or end up working at the U.N.
I didn't take anthropology, as Vonnegut did. I had a friend who did that. Seriously, anthropology is something you can do while mowing. If you know people, you know anthropology.
Another thing, if you want to be a writer: You must learn about how to get away from people. Because, seriously, look at it this way: If a world of idiots wanted to contemplate itself, it would stop being idiots for just a smidgen. It has no interest in doing that. And, so - you must be that smidgen. Taking a break from the wanton gossipy slings and arrows. To write, you must escape that banality.