3 in 1000, 1 in 10
I once read somewhere that, out of all the people who set out to make it as a published author, only 3 in 1000 ever actually make it. And of those people who make it, only 1 in 10 earn enough to call it a living.
It's a good thing I never much cared for math, otherwise those numbers would be daunting.
To me, those numbers are just a bit too quantifiable. Too numerical, too statistic. Sure, the odds will never be in my favor, even without the numbers being pushed in my face. I know that.
I just don't find myself caring.
I want this to be me; to be called an author. I want to write stories for people to get lost in, so they might find the happiness and joy that they could be denied on a daily basis. I want people to feel the pain of my writings, to sympathize when a character is having a bad day, to know what that feels like, and find themselves thinking to themselves, "I know what you mean." I want to not just create a story. I want to create peoples and worlds and happiness and sorrow, so that all these things could blend together to create that little thing we humans take for granted.
Life.
I want to create life. Is it arrogant of me to want to play God? Probably. But that has never stopped men before me from trying, and succeeding. We humans are ambitious creatures, and we will never stop reaching for the top; striving for perfection.
And when push comes to shove, us people have a tendency to do great things. Especially from small beginnings.
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1825137 Ah, crap. Sorry about that. At the time that I got the invite, I was distracted by stuff, and had promptly dismissed it for later. Then, as one might predict, I completely forgot that it was a thing to begin with. But, yeah, sure. Why not.
I suppose that is a no on the group invite?
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