2006-10-17 15:01:19 · 4 answers · asked by Casey B 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
William S. Burroughs was (get this, it is unbelievable): exterminator, bartender, private detective, drug peddler.
I am serious, you can confirm this on any website about him.
2006-10-17 15:05:57 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Depends on how sure you are that you'll make it as a writer. If you are certain, maybe you can afford to take jobs that are really just a holding pattern--waiting tables, bartending, retail work. However, most people aren't that confident. Instead, you might want to get educated, get a real career that you like and fit your writing in until you make it big and can make writing into your real career.
2006-10-17 22:20:27 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Probably stuff that deals with the English language, i.e. librarian, English teacher, stuff like that. I know Stephen King was a high school English teacher when he was trying to break into the literary world.
2006-10-17 22:17:35 · answer #3 · answered by willow oak 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
some authors are lawyer, business man/woman, professor... some may just write book.. and mostly people write book for their own intrest andthen publish it and when its get popular and they write more book and then become real author...for ex. john griasm practice law...before became author... Clancy sold insurance...King worked in a donut shop..etc...
"If you do decide to write the great American novel," said author Thomas Grace Jr., "do not quit your day job. Nobody is paying you to write that first book, and you will likely be writing it on stolen moments. Clancy sold insurance, Grisham practiced law, King worked in a donut shop. We all write our first books for ourselves."
2006-10-17 22:16:37 · answer #4 · answered by bhumi 1 · 2⤊ 1⤋