Until an author gets published (and even afterward), I'm willing to bet that many of their friends, family, and acquaintances think their writing is just a hobby. After all, they have a real job to pay the bills, right? Even if they're serious about getting published, beginning writers also may think of writing as something they only do on the side. They squeeze it into the "extra" hours of the day--on lunch breaks, early in the morning, late at night after everyone else has gone to bed. They're choosing to do write in their free time, and nothing may actually come of it, so that's pretty much a hobby.
Writers Need Hobbies
Writers Need Hobbies
Writers Need Hobbies
Until an author gets published (and even afterward), I'm willing to bet that many of their friends, family, and acquaintances think their writing is just a hobby. After all, they have a real job to pay the bills, right? Even if they're serious about getting published, beginning writers also may think of writing as something they only do on the side. They squeeze it into the "extra" hours of the day--on lunch breaks, early in the morning, late at night after everyone else has gone to bed. They're choosing to do write in their free time, and nothing may actually come of it, so that's pretty much a hobby.