As a Writer, I love my writer friends, and I know, at least some of them love me too! I’m talking in platonic ways of course, my dear husband, though being a book lover, is not a writer.
Here are some reasons why I think writers should have as many writer friends as they can. There won’t necessarily be people you love, but they will at least be people who understand some of your writing related issues.
Obviously if you have writer friends, they will understand you if you tell them you’re having problems working on the motivation for a character’s actions, and you can’t decide whether first person POV, or third person POV, or even the gasp second person POV! much more than a non-writing friend might, particularly if that non-writing friend doesn’t read much fiction.
By the way, does anyone out there have a secret idea they want to write a novel in second person but are afraid to try? I have to confess, I’ve considered it at times, but chickened out. It still interests me though, but not yet, and I would definitely go that way with the main fiction thing I’m working on at the moment.
Moving on, having friends who are writers means you might be invited to book launches and writing workshops, and other fun events! Better still, as a writer, you may get to launch your own books and present writing workshops yourself. These are often paid gigs, and are great opportunities to sell your own books.
Writing friends often are unafraid to think ‘outside of the square’ which leads to interesting discussions, above and beyond the mundane. Not always, but certainly sometimes. Writers seem, often, to be able to look beyond the obvious, and find much, much more in life.
Being a writer, and being with writers can lead a person to amazing and awesome opportunities, both personally, and professionally. I kniw, if I wasn’t a poet and writer, my own life would be a sadder and narrower life. I have stepped up and taken chances at times, and have never regretting them, no matter how things go. Writing and being with other writers allows me to look beyond the obvious, into the awesome!
So there are some reasons why having writer friends is great, and I’m sure there are many more. If you think of any, please leave a comment, telling us about them!
Carolyn Cordon - Creative 
Not just POV help but the chance to get actual, useful AND constructive feedback instead of ‘I read it and didn’t like it’ is golden!
Plus – who else will you wordcountbattle during nanowrimo drama xD!?
Writer friends rule!
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I’ve never done a nanowrimo battle, but if I’m still tring to get moving with my current novel-in-progress, i may see about doing it. Competition may be a useful spur to a larger word count, for sure, thank you, my (new) friend!
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I hope that by November, my novel I’m writing will be nearly on the way to a finished first draft, or even first draft finished and handed to others, for feedback …
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All the best for that!
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Many thanks, Tisha! It will be a Cosy Murder Mystery that looks to the norms, and twists them, perhaps … We’ll see what happens and where it goes.
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My eagerness to read it increases day by day!
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I agree with everything youāve said here Carolyn, also for me itās great to have writer friends because I think that writing is by nature a solitary profession, and connecting with writers around the world is a wonderful way to ward off feelings of isolation!
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Thank you Ingrid, having others who understand is wonderful!
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I have found, Carolyn, that non-writer friends though interested in our craft have trouble understanding the time and energy we devote to it, the sheer ‘devotion’, if you like š
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The non-writing time of being a writer, where the writer is toying with ideas, examining possible settings, people watching for character development, sitting and watching as ideas and possibilities grow, and merge and coalesce … It looks like the writer isn’t writing, but so much goes into it that they may never realise …
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the non-writer has little comprehension oh what goes on in the mind of the writer; they are cut out of the process: hey Carolyn you just inspired a post š
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Yay, I love inspiring things to come to being, John! People often tell me I’m inspiring, a lovely and humbling thing to hear.
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your posts do inspire, Carolyn š thanks
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Hi Carolyn. I have put up the post inspired by you
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Thank you for that comment, John. If I can inspire good in others, whether in their lives, their writing, their actions, what a wonderful role I have in life!
Good is Great! Inspiration is Awesome!
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thanks for commenting on it; it’s a terrific topic
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