I sometimes send out a quote from Molière to my students. It’s about the progress of writing and the first line is – Writing is like prostitution. When you first start writing for a particular market, let’s say short stories for the women’s magazine market, you may have to change your writing style and might be accused of prostituting your art. But let’s read more to find out why writing is like prostitution.
The second line is – First you do it for the love of it. It hardly needs any explanation. We love to write so we write whatever we want. You might stay in the closet for a long time but eventually you want to come out and admit to writing, and wanting to be a writer. So, what do you do?