Please do more videos like these with book writers and non fiction writers.
@luminaryeternal7016
2 жыл бұрын
No. Losers
@batman5224
2 жыл бұрын
If someone dedicates their life to writing, they’re a writer, even if they never make a living. I can demonstrate this by exploring the lifestyles of two different writers. The first writer wrote a bestselling book series twenty years ago, but never wrote anything else. He simply lives off royalty checks and spends his days fishing. Meanwhile, the second writer has been writing every day for twenty years, but still isn’t financially stable. I would argue the second writer is far more worthy of the title of author than the first writer.
@WorkTheMagicWithin
2 жыл бұрын
They both are. Struggle doesn’t make one more worthier of a title than someone that easily succeeds.
@smokeymoment3124
2 жыл бұрын
So true and well stated
@smokeymoment3124
2 жыл бұрын
@@pliiatz7534 exactly 👋👋👋
@leroyrodgers6089
2 жыл бұрын
This is a very sound argument.
@kf9926
2 жыл бұрын
@@pliiatz7534 beautiful comment Thankyou
@Ruylopez778
2 жыл бұрын
Tony doesn't dictate [here] what defines someone is or isn't "a writer" (which people in the comments are complaining about). What he says is that it's silly to call yourself "a novelist" before you are actually published. And he also says that most people from that HS reunion don't really care that much about his job - people are far too busy worrying about how they are perceived by others to worry that much about you.
@marias8007
2 жыл бұрын
Yes it does!
@rpaafourever7908
Жыл бұрын
A lot (most?) of writers aren't even full-time writers and don't expect to make a living off it. So whether you can call yourself a novelist depends on your conscience, not on whether you managed to land a publishing deal. A novelist is a writer of novels, nothing more nothing less. It's not like other "jobs".
@oldgoat142
2 жыл бұрын
I recall an interview with Rod Steiger that has helped define who I am as a writer. He was talking about the craft of acting. "If you wake up one day and decide to be an actor," he said, "you go and take the classes, go to auditions, and study. However, if you have a NEED to be an actor, that's something totally different. That's something you can't control." In my view, writing is the same thing. You can be a writer by going to classes, studying, and practicing your craft. In my case, I had a NEED to be a writer ever since I was 10. Doesn't matter that I haven't made a dime out of it yet, the need is still there. It has waxed and waned depending on what was, and is, happening in my daily life, but that need still burns bright. I'm grateful to have come across this channel.
@filmcourage
2 жыл бұрын
Does loving the act of writing mean you're actually a writer?
@bluenoirpics
2 жыл бұрын
It may....or it may mean that you're actually a "graphomaniac" :)
@Jimmy_Bee
2 жыл бұрын
If you writer to create something and write regularly you are by definition a “writer” but most and by majority screenwriters and their scripts don’t need to turn their idea into a book.
@ianbauer4703
2 жыл бұрын
Only if you write.
@matthewgordonpettipas6773
2 жыл бұрын
Writing makes you a writer. Its as simple as that. Whether or not you see success in terms of monetary gain is irrelevant in my opinion.
@Cinemug
2 жыл бұрын
The act of writing makes yourself a writer, but loving the act of writing makes you a “true” writer. Anyone can become a writer by definition, but some just have that inner desire to write despite their financial situation. They write for the craft, not the paycheck (but then again, being able to write for a paycheck will allow them to fully write for their craft)
@smokeymoment3124
2 жыл бұрын
Says who. The writing police! Tell this to all the struggling self published writers. A revolutionized gatekeeper. This is something the big wigs of a publishing house would say. It is as valuable as a bag of sand.
@kentjosemateo
2 жыл бұрын
Well said.
@ianbauer4703
2 жыл бұрын
Hmm, yeah.
@xevenflux4709
2 жыл бұрын
its crazy how that you made this comment and 10 people gave u thumbs up, so 11 people didn't watch this video at all because he is referring to his own life experiences and not telling other people what a novelist is
@bluenoirpics
2 жыл бұрын
Why so serious? As I understand the guy just said that if you manage to get your work published it does not guarantee anything for the future career-wise. But, at the same time, if you are unwilling to prostitute your vision and craft in pursuit of success, and success eludes you as a result, it doesn't make you less of a writer at heart/true artist. Which part is wrong?
@smokeymoment3124
2 жыл бұрын
@@bluenoirpics this is my response to the title of this video and if this is his opinion, which reduces hard working writers to menial at best btw, then my response stands. When this interviewer picks her titles she usually picks from the overall opinion of the person she's about to interview. Those were his words basically. Pushing the notion that writing a novel doesn't make you a novelist is a form of gatekeeping. Dangerous, as it can dash the hopes of an up and coming young novelist.
@tonysmith9005
2 жыл бұрын
My name is evangelist Tony smith happy new year 🎉✨ 🎉✨ 🎉✨♥ 🎉
@CriticalEatsJapan
2 жыл бұрын
I like this guy👍
@ComicPower
2 жыл бұрын
I want that book yesterday he mentioned about everything he did wrong in the business so YOU dont have too. Lol.
@prtwriter4660
2 жыл бұрын
Tell that to the Writing Community.
@storywala88
2 жыл бұрын
Yup, no profession without an audience even if it's self-published.
@zachary4670
2 жыл бұрын
You aren’t [blank] until I arbitrarily think you’re good enough. Novelist literally means someone who writes novels. Give me a break lol. Next you’ll be telling me that unless I can survive in the wild for a year with nothing but a pocketknife, I’m not a camper. Or unless I take 15 credit hours at an Ivy League school, I’m not a student. If I come and polish your bathroom, can I earn the right to be called a hard worker? Or is balancing a job, college, and a family good enough? I’ve played guitar for over fifteen years, and I’ve performed live. Am I good enough to be called a guitarist? Or is that only for people who play on Jimi Hendrix records? Give me a break. Gatekeeping idiots just think so much of themselves. That’s all I learned from this. This guy has a big ego. Can we change the title of the video to that?
@Cinemug
2 жыл бұрын
Did you watch the video? He said you shouldn’t call yourself a novelist if your book hasn’t been published, and that’s coming from his own experience trying to overplay his accomplishments before he even found success. But of course you’re still a writer though. He’s just viewing the term novelist as the career rather than “one who writes novels”
@Ruylopez778
2 жыл бұрын
@@Cinemug It's amazing the number of comments here that misrepresent what Tony actually said, only to complain about him.
@rpaafourever7908
Жыл бұрын
@@Cinemug Calling yourself a novelist before you get published is not overplaying your accomplishments. A novelist is a writer of novels, nothing more nothing less. If the term strikes him as fancy and exclusive, that's his opinion.
@alyssabaquir
2 жыл бұрын
i laughed hard 🤣❤️
@dukeofdenver
2 жыл бұрын
This guy is being too hard on himself. If you write, you're a writer. It doesn't matter if no one ever sees it, or you never make the New York Times bestseller list. Let's not gatekeep ourselves. If you're writing, you're a writer
@matthewgordonpettipas6773
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you. I'm so tired of some people trying to gatekeep who can and who can't call themselves writers.
@Cinemug
2 жыл бұрын
He never said you’re not a writer, he said you’re not a novelist if your work isn’t finished or published. Some writers overplay their work to others for their egos, even though they’re only on the first half of the first draft of their novel that they haven’t even worked on for the past few months. And publishing doesn’t mean you’re a complete success either, but it does mean you made a finished product and released it to the public.
@adroitws1367
2 жыл бұрын
@@Cinemug thanks for summarizing. it save my time lol
@Ilamarea
2 жыл бұрын
Participation trophies for everyone!
@adroitws1367
2 жыл бұрын
@@Ilamarea its not participation trophy. It simply what the word mean. Its the same like what you call a person who ride, a rider. When you are doing the act of writing in that moment you are a writer. Now its good not being delusional too. We have another term that is professional writer for people who do it professionally and earn money that way, but not everyone write for that purpose
@rjallen70
2 жыл бұрын
Cool wookie character doesn't do anything. Cool Hutt twins, doesn't do anything. (They could have at least put a price on Fett's head).
@thereccher8746
2 жыл бұрын
If you write, you're a writer.
@Cinemug
2 жыл бұрын
He would agree. And if you publish a novel, you’re a novelist. That’s his argument.
@Ilamarea
2 жыл бұрын
Being on the same playing field as a kindergartner isn't much of a distinction mate.
@thereccher8746
2 жыл бұрын
@@Ilamarea Whether you're a good writer not is different. And why can't a kid be called a writer? He's a young writer, and obviously his writing can't be any good because he's a child, but if you write you're a writer.
@rpaafourever7908
Жыл бұрын
@@Cinemug Nope if you write a novel, you're a novelist. If you publish that work (traditional or self-publishing), then you're an author. Let's not get the terms mixed up just because some people want to do gatekeeping to feel exclusive.
@WakeAndBakeWithUncleRay
2 жыл бұрын
The term writer, has become so over saturated, let's just be individuals, for you are, who you think you are, not someone's opinion, about who they think you are...
@Cinemug
2 жыл бұрын
Actions speak louder than words. You can’t just believe you’re one thing when you’re doing something else. There’s more to one’s identity than their belief. Plus, he wasn’t speaking about the term “writer,” he was speaking about the term “novelist” which is a very specific type of writing.
@WakeAndBakeWithUncleRay
2 жыл бұрын
@@Cinemug If as you say, actions speak louder than words, then why write in the first place? Second, identity is belief, just as belief is identity, for one can not coexist without the other. And last but not least, term is merely a textbook analogy, not an expression of art. For art is whatever, the creator chooses it to be, so again. You are who you think you are, and not someone's else's opinion of you!!!!
@Cinemug
2 жыл бұрын
@@WakeAndBakeWithUncleRay That’s not what I’m saying though. Obviously the reason one writes is an inner desire to do so. But calling yourself a writer if you do not write is a ridiculous statement. And no, belief is not identity. It’s an aspect of one’s identity but it’s not identity as a whole. If someone believes they’re a good father but then beats their family, despite their own belief, they aren’t a good father. Belief is not good enough if you don’t follow through. And if the writer in the video is speaking in terms of a “textbook analogy” as you put it, then why do you have a desire to argue with it in a completely different way? And art is not whatever one chooses it to be. You can’t make a painting and call it a movie. I feel you’re trying to be too technical with it all to try and prove a point. Obviously you shouldn’t depend on other’s beliefs for your own identity, but if your actions contradict who you say you are, then you’re living a false identity
@WakeAndBakeWithUncleRay
2 жыл бұрын
@@Cinemug If one writes names on birthday cakes for a living, is not one a paid writer? As why can't someone make a painting, and not call it a movie? As does not the process of painting, go from A to Z, just as a movie? Never let one's intellect, close possibilities doors, for all were considered once, not being even before, they broke down, whatever doors.
@Cinemug
2 жыл бұрын
@@WakeAndBakeWithUncleRay Are you liking your own comments? And no matter how preachy and poetic you try to sound, it does not make you right in any way. No, a painting is not a movie. They’re both art, but they’re different mediums of art. That does not make them the same. You cannot submit a painting into a film festival. And you cannot submit a birthday cake into a writing contest. Art show, perhaps, but not writing. What you are encouraging people to do is to lie to themselves for their own ego instead of either working hard to become who they want to be or learning to become happy and content with who they truly are. Wouldn’t you rather become the master of your ego rather than it’s prisoner?
@marka.arcenas5211
2 жыл бұрын
I'm a struggling writer I write novels fantasy novels and psychological mind blowing plots that surprises the reader I also write teaching on film philosophy and film psychology from your favorite movies like for example E.T. is the same age as Elliot E.T borrowed Elliot body to adapt into our world in order for e.t. to survive. And in Indiana Jones he wears leather jacket the leather jacket is a symbol of Indiana Jones that he is cattle.. that his enemies are out to skin him alive.. I wrote self published books on Amazon but I'm looking for a traditional publisher to get my books published I also write children's books I write almost anything. Except horror.. and romance. Lol
@Jimmy_Bee
2 жыл бұрын
I’m starting to dislike this “give up trying to be a screenwriter, become a novelist instead” bullshit.
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