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[_morbidity]

I have a question for you ladies. I know a lot of you are aspiring authors, hoping to someday have your pieces published

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[scottishfae]

Someone is deep thinking today. That is a very hard question to ask, and I have to say it's very hard for me to type right now b.c I was bored and put some false nails on myself...yeah they look fake but oh well

[vanilla_rapture]

Is it possible that you could edit it? like, rewrite it? same plot, but richen it, and use better language. *shrug* I'm a writer, but music is my heart and soul, so I wouldn't really know. o_o.

[_morbidity]

The gist of the question was "are you guys so starving to be published and get your name out there that you'd publish crap?"

And yes, music. Piano is my feelgood medicine. God, how I love playing it.

I would.

[millyfan]

My reputation as a writer is in the toilet already thanks to Fandom Wank, and I'd do anything short of selling my soul or body for money at this point.

[_morbidity]

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That's pretty sad. Are you trying to get published?

wanted to sometime. . .

[millyfan]

I was considering working on an original idea I had, but. . . I don't feel like doing anything now.

[_morbidity]

In my opinion, writing is never something one does as an occupation; it's something that you're trying to tell the world. I can't see myself or anyone solely writing for a living. Writing shouldn't be a 9-5, it should be a way of expression.

[ariyanaforever]

Personally I would not allow any of my lackluster work from years ago be publish. Now if what I wrote back then was salvagable and I could possibly rewrite it and bring it up to my current standards I might consider it.

I would rather not be publish then allow something that I have outgrown and find ridiculous now to publish. You know what if it is a success and they want more but I've long since given up that perspective or mindset and I can't write anymore in that style, I'd be stuck. In the end I hope none of my old stuff ever finds the light of day.

[_morbidity]

If anyone ever unearthed my old stuff, I'd probably want to die. It's that bad. So I totally feel you on that point. Personally, I'm not so starving to be published that I'd publish something crappy just to publish something. I don't think it's okay to jeopardize yourself like that. However, I've never gone through the process of trying to get published, which I've heaed can be absolutely soul-crushing. After something like that, would I be more willing to sell anything just to get acknowledged? I don't know.

Therein lies the question.

[haloisi]

I would do it under a pseudonym for a lot of money. A lot.

[haloisi]

I guess it sort of answers the question in a roundabout way...I wouldn't necessarily want my name attached to some of my older stuff (hell, I went nuts when the school newspaper used an earlier draft of one of my articles). I couldn't stand to be attached to something that I didn't think represented my skill or message properly. But if it wasn't my name and no-one knew who the author really was, I don't think I'd mind that much.

[_morbidity]

Pseudonym. Interesting point. I think I'd publish crap under a psuedonym, too, but more for fun. Can you imagine one of your crappy romance novels being the highlight of a housewife's week? I think I'd like that a little. ^_^.

But that's just me.