Sergio Troncoso
The best thing about being a writer is that you get to live the life of the mind, you get to explore your ideas in books, and you get to empathize with characters who are often very different from you.
I think you have to be very self-motivated as a writer. I was always a loner and actually enjoy being alone reading books, creating stories, imagining other worlds. So having a life that allows me to do that most of the time is a dream. I think you have to be a hard worker as a writer. You need to improve your craft, to question yourself and never be quite content with your literary skills.
Another wonderful thing about being a writer is finding those readers who truly take the time to read and reread your stories, to understand them and dig deep into them. When you find one of those readers, or they find you, then you feel as a writer that you were heard, that your very solitary work found resonance elsewhere. You feel, well, not alone anymore.
I think you have to be very self-motivated as a writer. I was always a loner and actually enjoy being alone reading books, creating stories, imagining other worlds. So having a life that allows me to do that most of the time is a dream. I think you have to be a hard worker as a writer. You need to improve your craft, to question yourself and never be quite content with your literary skills.
Another wonderful thing about being a writer is finding those readers who truly take the time to read and reread your stories, to understand them and dig deep into them. When you find one of those readers, or they find you, then you feel as a writer that you were heard, that your very solitary work found resonance elsewhere. You feel, well, not alone anymore.
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