On the Realties of Being a Writer
I remember teaching creative writing through Dufferin County Continuing Education. Every year I’d have about 15-20 students the first week, many starry-eyed with visions of best-sellers dancing in their heads. Right from the outset I’d disabuse them of that notion, citing facts that less than 1% of all book and novel submissions ever make it to an acquisitions editor let alone publication.The next week the class would be half the size. They’d start submitting their…