The Flash Fiction Lifestyle
When does writing become more than just writing and becomes a lifestyle?
A writer can get inspiration from just about anywhere. I get a lot of inspiration for my writing from people like Tina Turner. Anna Mae Bullock, better known as Tina Turner, was born in 1939. She’s a singer. And although Tina Turner is retired now, albums like “Private Dancer” and singles like “What’s Love Got To Do With It?” assure her a place in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
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I get inspiration as a writer from Tina Turner because of how hard she worked at her craft and how she put her life back together after years of abuse at the hands of her husband, Ike Turner, and she went on to a brilliant solo career when she finally got the courage to leave him.
Tina was all about professionalism.
A great deal of professionalism has to do with attitude. I think this is very true of writers. Maybe only about .05% of all writers make a living at writing. I don’t make a living at writing, but I like to think I have a professional attitude about writing.
I think about it all the time and I work at it.
Even those of us who are writers that don’t think about it all the time are constantly aware that by just living life things will pop up to write about. In other words, writing is not just something we do but it is part of our lifestyle.
What’s love got to do with it? Everything.
My blog is the Pittsburgh Flash Fiction Gazette
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June 12th, 2010 at 4:50 pm
I’m having fun writing and it’s my passion. Great blog, Guy.
June 12th, 2010 at 5:18 pm
I believe that professionalism has a lot to do with attitude. It’s great to know that Tina Turner inspires you to write. Passion and desire go hand in hand because when you are passionate about something you excel in your craft and become the very best you can be.
June 12th, 2010 at 7:57 pm
Yes, passion is the thing. Writing for the exulting fun and joy of it makes up to some degree for the low pay most writers receive. I write as a way to make connections with people across the world. You write, I feel, because you know you have something to say that others will like/love to read. I love your words.
June 12th, 2010 at 8:22 pm
Guy, you’re right, if we didn’t love it we wouldn’t spend our time writing for nickles. For myself, I would do it without the nickles. It’s love for writing on paper and having someone read it.
June 12th, 2010 at 9:38 pm
Got to love Tina. I love to write and while I can’t make a living from it I do make a little money and I mean very little.
June 12th, 2010 at 10:02 pm
Attitude counts, i like the third paragraph.
June 12th, 2010 at 10:28 pm
When you love it your approach is different. Thanks Guy.
June 13th, 2010 at 12:30 am
This is a very good reminder to those of us who do love to write but may not be doing it as much as we feel we should, or are getting discouraged by the lack of response what we write gets, that should not stop us.
June 13th, 2010 at 4:14 am
I love writing too for it makes me learn more.
June 13th, 2010 at 8:11 pm
Thank all of you for your kind comments.
June 14th, 2010 at 12:05 am
I didn’t know Tina’s real name. New Trivia for me today.
June 15th, 2010 at 10:10 am
nice post my friend…
June 16th, 2010 at 2:27 pm
I didn’t understand about your flash fiction works until recently. Since then reading your work became interesting.
June 24th, 2010 at 2:09 pm
“I liked it”
June 29th, 2010 at 7:45 pm
Yet an other sorry cheers Guy