Career in Writing
I think Writing is a great Career option. For me understanding Why I want to choose a Career in Writing is phenomenally more important than figuring out How to get into Writing. It had been a while since I was researching about a Career in Writing, when I came across:
https://www.lifepage.in/career/20171119-00...Writing/englishKevin Missal's perspective!
Kevin Missal has 8 years & 4 months of professional experience in Writing. Kevin Missal has worked in Writing as Co-founder in Kalamos Literary Services. In Kevin Missal's own words, this is how Kevin Missal got into Writing: "I have done BA in History Hons from St Stephens College, Delhi University. I wrote my first novel at the age of 14. Some of my published works include Yama, Karma and recently launched Kalki. I am the co-founder at Kalamos Literary Services." Kevin Missal has a profile in a very interesting format on:
www.lifepage.in/page/kevinmissalCareer Video on Writing
In a video, Kevin Missal has talked about various aspects of a Career in Writing. Kevin Missal started by explaining Writing as: "A writer is a person who uses written words in various styles and techniques to communicate their ideas. Writers produce various forms of literary art and creative writing such as novels, short stories, poetry, plays, screenplays, and essays as well as various reports and news articles that may be of interest to the public. Writers' texts are published across a range of media." The video gave me so much food for thought.
In this video Education was discussed as theoretical topics needed to excel at Writing, and not as Qualifications needed to enter Writing. Kevin Missal touches upon these in the Education section of the Video:
Books
Grammar
Target Market
Skills are the most important factor determining success in a particular Career.
Kevin Missal then explains why these Skills are essential for a Career in Writing:
Visualisation
Perseverance & Consistency
Courage
Cautiousness
Presentation Skills
Positives of any Career motivate one to work hard for the same.
Kevin Missal believes that the following are some of the Positives of a Career in Writing:
Chance to Showcase Talent
Monetary Benefits
Fame & Recognition
Freedom of Work
Challenges are the other side of Positives and this Career is no exception.
And, Kevin Missal believes that one needs to prepare for following Challenges of a Career in Writing:
Criticism & Humiliation
Time Consuming
Marketing the Book
In the final section of the video Kevin Missal talks about How a day goes in a Career in Writing. This video is by far the best video on a Career in Writing, that I have ever come acr...
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