When I asked Allison Whittenberg, the author of several novels for youth, if she had advice for writers, she laughed and said,
“Writing? I really wouldn’t say that’s a good profession. Yes, it’s bad on the posture. It has horrible hours. You get obsessed with things that aren’t really reality. I think writers just can’t help themselves. Once you get the bug, you just can’t stop yourself from writing. Having written is great, but writing?”
~~Allison Whittenberg qtd in KaaVonia Hinton’s "Finding Her Voice: A Conversation with Allison Whittenberg." The ALAN Review.
You know my story. How do you know you want to be a writer? When did you get the bug?
“Writing? I really wouldn’t say that’s a good profession. Yes, it’s bad on the posture. It has horrible hours. You get obsessed with things that aren’t really reality. I think writers just can’t help themselves. Once you get the bug, you just can’t stop yourself from writing. Having written is great, but writing?”
~~Allison Whittenberg qtd in KaaVonia Hinton’s "Finding Her Voice: A Conversation with Allison Whittenberg." The ALAN Review.
You know my story. How do you know you want to be a writer? When did you get the bug?
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