tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1700951761193012168.post7914824505687862898..comments2024-03-29T04:57:54.169-07:00Comments on The Vincent Zandri Vox: Got What It Takes To Be A Writer?Vincent Zandrihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00034793324551937995noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1700951761193012168.post-36589471479706190382012-06-01T11:19:39.786-07:002012-06-01T11:19:39.786-07:00Hmm...I would say that success is not paramount. ...Hmm...I would say that success is not paramount. In anything in life. Even writing. Especially if said success comes at the cost of your sanity and in the case of Hemingway and Gellhorn, their lives. If they truly did put all other aspects of living on the back burner in order to pursue success, that's heartbreaking. And clearly, it didn't work too well in the end for either of them.<br /><br />Strange, what other profession would have people idolizing it and romanticizing if if the job description included something like: lose all your loved ones to your ego-driven pursuits, develop addictions to substances or actions to help you cope, kill yourself when things get epically dour?<br /><br />I don't think it has to go this way. Writing can be a healthy passion to pursue and it can be in balance with family, love, food, showering... It's just up to each individual writer to decide whether they are the protagonist or antagonist of their own life.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02193840022540473191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1700951761193012168.post-49313946606471705032012-05-30T18:45:30.993-07:002012-05-30T18:45:30.993-07:00Right on Wo3lf....You clearly get it...I'm sur...Right on Wo3lf....You clearly get it...I'm sure your writing reflects it...Thanks!!<br />VVincent Zandrihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00034793324551937995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1700951761193012168.post-28249736869157574372012-05-30T15:16:28.375-07:002012-05-30T15:16:28.375-07:00I'm a Hemingway fanboy. The actual creating pr...I'm a Hemingway fanboy. The actual creating process is never really alluded to in the media and so people tend to think or assume that Hemingway wrote brilliantly from the start and always with ease. The truth is far from it. The more important part of this post, in my humble opinion, is the lesson that success requires devotion and persistence. Nothing less. Thanks for this Vincent.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1700951761193012168.post-58534188691950867152012-05-30T11:19:31.415-07:002012-05-30T11:19:31.415-07:00Comments people...comments...I can't go this o...Comments people...comments...I can't go this one alone :)Vincent Zandrihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00034793324551937995noreply@blogger.com