Learning To Write Hack #1.5

The next hack that Mark Lee posted in his blog is Songwriting Hack #1.5: A Clarification. This post talks about how you can write songs without ever becoming a professional songwriter. Just because you never sell a song doesn't mean you can't keep writing just for yourself. How many people play golf every weekend? What percentage of those are doing it for a living? Well, the same thing applies to songwriting, and to writing in general.

I really need to keep this in mind as I go through this process. I may never, ever write anything anyone would pay money for, much less replace my current career with a writing career. But I must say that just the few posts I have made here have really been fun. I look forward to this time of the morning when I am the only one at home and I can log in, read a little bit of stuff online, and come here and write. And since the job tasks I have right now at work are often less than creatively challenging, it makes a great start to my day, too.