{"id":4367,"date":"2019-01-02T07:26:26","date_gmt":"2019-01-02T12:26:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.levraphael.com\/blog\/?p=4367"},"modified":"2019-01-02T07:26:26","modified_gmt":"2019-01-02T12:26:26","slug":"7-friends-every-writer-needs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.levraphael.com\/blog\/7-friends-every-writer-needs\/","title":{"rendered":"7 Friends Every Writer Needs"},"content":{"rendered":"

Writing is a lonely profession and the people who best understand that loneliness, whether they\u2019re introverted or extroverted, can make for terrific friends on your journey.\u00a0 They deal with the same or similar issues as you do and you speak the same language.\u00a0 Experiences that might seem outlandish to \u201coutsiders\u201d are part of an insider\u2019s writing life. But what kinds of writers make for good professional friends no matter what stage your career is in?<\/p>\n

–Look for writers who don\u2019t focus on the ups and downs of the publishing world the way some people obsess about the stock market.\u00a0 Writers who care more about their craft no matter what\u2019s trendy can make solid friends.<\/p>\n

–Writers who enjoy their success without bragging about it are good people to be around.\u00a0 They value what they achieve and can model it for you. There’s nothing wrong with healthy enjoyment of doing well.<\/p>\n

–Every career has its setbacks and disappointments.\u00a0 Writers who can empathize with yours, perhaps share their own trials, and maybe even help you strategize what to do next are invaluable.\u00a0 We can all use support when we\u2019re down.<\/p>\n

–We live in a numbers-crazy society and when a writer friend is more excited about what<\/em> she\u2019s writing than how many words or pages she\u2019s churned out, the focus is where it can be most helpful and even inspiring.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>–Mixing with writers who work in different genres can be invigorating and refreshing, even if you\u2019re not reading each other\u2019s work.\u00a0 There are many things you share, but the differences in how and what you produce can be instructive when you talk shop.<\/p>\n

–Experienced writers who manage to balance the business side of writing along with the craft itself can be great guides.\u00a0 Likewise writers who know when to say no to a gig and why.\u00a0 Saying no is a challenge even for best-selling authors.<\/p>\n

Being connected to other writers is important because it helps you feel part of a community, gives you support and guidance, and even acts as a source of fun.\u00a0 Writing is a crazy business\u2014who better to enjoy it with than folks who understand that reality and enjoy it?<\/p>\n

Lev Raphael is the prize-winning author of 25 books in a dozen different genres.\u00a0 He teaches creative writing online at writewithoutborders.com<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Writing is a lonely profession and the people who best understand that loneliness, whether they\u2019re introverted or extroverted, can make for terrific friends on your journey.\u00a0 They deal with the same or similar issues as you do and you speak the same language.\u00a0 Experiences that might seem outlandish to \u201coutsiders\u201d are part of an insider\u2019s … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[298,497,95,1247,165,166,242,290,214,380,1219,495,206],"class_list":["post-4367","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-advice-for-writers","tag-advice-for-writers","tag-authors","tag-creative-writing-2","tag-creative-writing-workshops","tag-inspiration","tag-motivation","tag-teaching-creative-writing","tag-the-writers-life","tag-the-writing-life","tag-writers","tag-writewithoutborders-com","tag-writing","tag-writing-workshops"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.levraphael.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4367","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.levraphael.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.levraphael.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.levraphael.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.levraphael.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4367"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.levraphael.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4367\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4374,"href":"https:\/\/www.levraphael.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4367\/revisions\/4374"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.levraphael.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4367"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.levraphael.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4367"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.levraphael.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4367"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}