A question about becoming a writer!?

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question about becoming a writer!?
Im 15 and I want to become both a writer and a social studies for college students. I was talking with my mom today, and she said that the first few times i will, more than likely, get my books rejected. She said that after i make 2 or 3 good books i will be well known and then they will publish all of my books.. Is this true? And also, since i want to be a social studies teacher, do you think i could do both? Just in case you want to know, i love teaching, i love social studies and i love writing.. thanks

Answer 1

A coupl e of thoughts. First if you plan to teacher in college, you not only can write, you must write in order to keep your job--at least until you get tenure. To start off, if you get to teach at the college level, you almost have to have a doctoral degree in the subject you want to teach. Part of the process of getting such a degree is writing a doctoral dissertation--about the size of a book. After you get your degree and get your first teaching job, you will likely either rewrite your dissertation and try to have it published as a book, or you may try to divide it up and publish the parts as articles in scholarly journals. You may also want to develop your writing project into a presentation you can make at a conference of scholars. After you develop a bit of a reputation, it will be easier to get more books published.

As to teaching social studies, I think you have to decide which social science your are talking about--anthropology, history, sociology, political science, etc.. Most colleges do not have a social studies department. They have separate departments for each subject. Good luck.

Answer 2

Publishing is incredibly difficult and time-consuming. If you want to be a social-studies teacher, there is no way you are going to have the time to publish books and to establish yourself in a writing career as well. Why not pursue a graduate degree in social sciences--and then teach and publish within the university community---academia.

Answer 3

Of course you could do both. I think most writers begin with a "real" job until their writing career becomes more lucrative. You have to begin somewhere with writing. An editor may like your first book and would work with you to hone your skills. However, you don't need to begin by writing a book. Begin by sending in short stories or article to publications you enjoy. You didn't say what you want to write, but I imagine there are better directions to take for each genre of writing. Good luck!

Answer 4

Certainly teaching and writing go together well as long as you carve out a slice of time for writing. Yes, most people who submit works for publication receive a lot of rejections before they get a book published. And it is also true that once you have a book published (as long as it sells well), it is easier to get additional books published.

Answer 5

A good book to read that may help is: 'From Pitch to Publication, Everything you need to know to get your novel published ' by Carole Blake. Carole is very experienced in the publishing trade, being a publisher/writers agent herself. Her book contains a mine of information on everything you might want to know. and even if you are not intending to write fiction, its still extremely useful. I couldn't have managed without it and I earn part of my living from writing these days. Its on special offer on Amazon at the moment, though your library may have a copy, most do and, if not, they will probably order one for you to borrow for nothing, though that's a bit of a pain as you will have to give it back and you will want to refer to it again and again. Good luck and I hope you've got a thick skin. (remember that Harry Potter was rejected about 6 or 7 times before it was published)!

Answer 6

omg! i'm 14 and want to become a writer, i have so many things, i have a notebook of writing, but i dont want to be a teacher, i hate school, i want to be a screen writer.
but yeah rejection is always apart of life, you can send stuff to www.teenink.com