tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9153239170529797909.post742827829781375804..comments2024-03-24T10:54:20.657-06:00Comments on Jennifer Ruth Jackson, Poet: Writing and The Working PoorJennifer Ruth Jacksonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04699005759754946494noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9153239170529797909.post-85811690798376635862015-01-15T14:45:27.060-06:002015-01-15T14:45:27.060-06:00Yes, the old right place at the right time situati...Yes, the old right place at the right time situation.<br /><br />Lee<br /><a href="http://tossingitout.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow">Tossing It Out</a><br />Arlee Birdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11663942782929929334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9153239170529797909.post-42951904734269948002015-01-15T13:14:04.378-06:002015-01-15T13:14:04.378-06:00Oh, another thing you hit on is luck. There are s...Oh, another thing you hit on is luck. There are successful people in every field (Oprah immediately comes to mind as someone extraordinarily opposed to luck) who will tell you there's no such thing-- they just worked hard. Hard work and persistence are vital to "making it" but discounting luck is a flat-out sham. <br />Your hard work may have helped you finish the book, that particular agent being at your friend's party? Luck.<br />Jennifer Ruth Jacksonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04699005759754946494noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9153239170529797909.post-84615537402126832002015-01-15T13:05:47.666-06:002015-01-15T13:05:47.666-06:00I haven't read Keroac. I can't bring myse...I haven't read Keroac. I can't bring myself to, though I've been told I should.<br />I don't read the biographies of fiction writers. Their stories are what I'm after, but I do read those of nonfiction writers (to see what sort of authority they possess on their chosen topic) and poets.<br /><br />I read poets' biographies to see if any of them aren't editors, teachers or have college degrees. Most poets in prestigious literary magazines have/are at least one of those. It is almost an unstated requirement. I look hoping to find someone who is like me.Jennifer Ruth Jacksonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04699005759754946494noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9153239170529797909.post-77627866727374356372015-01-15T06:31:23.286-06:002015-01-15T06:31:23.286-06:00Good points all. I never wrote that much when I w...Good points all. I never wrote that much when I worked full time, but I probably could have if I'd used my time better. But you are certain correct about what you've said here.<br /><br />I don't know that I can think of any writers that I've actually read that would be in that classification of "working-class writers". I really don't pay all that much attention to writers' backgrounds and when I have I sometimes question the veracity of their life stories.<br /><br />Maybe Jack Kerouac? I've only read <i>On The Road</i> as well as articles about Jack the author. Sounds like he struggled though it didn't seem like he worked all that much.<br /><br />But, yeah, if you don't have any means of support I think it would be tough trying to make it as a writer unless you really lucked out somehow.<br /><br />Lee<br /><a href="http://tossingitout.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow">Tossing It Out</a><br />Arlee Birdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11663942782929929334noreply@blogger.com