All Levels Breakout Session Live (writing life)

Don’t Quit Your Day Job: Ways to Make Your ‘Work’ Work for Your Writing (Share/LIVE 8)


Heritage D August 26, 2018 9:45 am - 10:45 am

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Amy Young Evrard
Carina Sitkus

The stereotype that you MUST quit your day job to hone your craft and follow your passion for writing quite simply isn’t true. Of course, there’s nothing wrong with devoting your career to writing, but there’s also nothing wrong with complementing your creative work with a—gasp!—day job.

Carina Sitkus will share how her career in marketing and as the editor of a college magazine has sparked creativity and renewed focus in her writing; Amy Young Evrard, an anthropology professor, will share how her academic research turned into an idea for a memoir.

You will leave the session with ideas and practical tips about how to make your own day job work for your creative writing—perhaps even fuel it.

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(Organizer’s Note: Due to a schedule conflict we replaced the originally scheduled session for this time slot, The Real Writing Life: Stop Procrastinating NOW, with this one.)