What's Your Dream Job?

You also need an original 63m Cannondale Track Gate from 1993 in Cannondale blue with matte black lacquer...

I don't feel that way at all, I would be happy shooting until the day I die and I plan to, sure there are other things I want to accomplish along the way, but I never want to stop doing this.

'job'

I don't feel that way at all, I would be happy shooting until the day I die and I plan to, sure there are other things I want to accomplish along the way, but I never want to stop doing this.

^^ Wow, that's unpleasant.

You also need an original 63m Cannondale Track Gate from 1993 in Cannondale blue with matte black lacquer...

It's 66cm and from 1992. Fail ;-)

I might consider being an island doctor on St. Helena....
That would be epic.

Are you training to be a doc? That would be pretty high up on my list. If I ever found a spare £120k to train I would definitely consider it.

I'm a writer and I love it, have been doing it more or less since leaving college / art school. I consider myself very fortunate to be able to do something I enjoy and get paid well for it.

The only other thing I've considered doing recently and this would be on top of my day job is training to become a Special Officer. Reason being I see and read about so many arse-wipes in and around sunny Peckham (home) that instead of whinging about them I'd rather try and do something.

What do you write?

Craftsman

when i was studying we did a bit of whittling and furniture building, that would be great

i am looking forward to doing it in retirement actually :)

What do you write?

Lots of stuff. My main job for the past 17 years is as a writer for advertising and marketing, which has included:

Scripts for Radio and TV commercials
Direct Mail
Posters / Press
Brochures
Digital
Scripts for viral
Etc.

Plus I've done things alongside that like writing a monthly column for a motorcycle magazine for a couple of years. For myself I write fiction and poetry, I'd love to move into scriptwriting for telly as well.

If it's an area of interest for you or TheorySwine and you'd like any advice I'm happy to answer questions, if I can, via PM.

I get a huge kick out of writing a really punchy headline but also from crafting longer copy; 99% of the time it's all about the idea that you're trying to communicate. I've never tried to get any of my personal work (fiction / poetry) published but the older I get the higher up my list this goes. Perhaps it's vanity but there's also a creative part of me that just refuses to shut up and fuck off until this personal work appears in print :)

Interesting. If there's one thing I was put on this earth to do, it's write. Nothing else gives me anything like as much satisfaction. It's my natural interest. I reckon it's a totally selfish pursuit too. I've written this and that, here and there, but never on the themes I'd like - satire/criticism.

I did some work experience for a literary agency a while ago, and the refusal rate for unsolicited manuscripts was pretty much 100% - tough gig, writing.

I'm at work at the moment, writing. It's not giving me a huge amount of satisfaction right now, but then it is Sunday evening...

Interesting. If there's one thing I was put on this earth to do, it's write. Nothing else gives me anything like as much satisfaction. It's my natural interest. I reckon it's a totally selfish pursuit too. I've written this and that, here and there, but never on the themes I'd like - satire/criticism.

I did some work experience for a literary agency a while ago, and the refusal rate for unsolicited manuscripts was pretty much 100% - tough gig, writing.

From your posts TheorySwine I'd say you have a natural talent for it. Stick at it. One of the skills I've found to be of the most benefit where writing is concerned, and certainly in the shark infested waters of advertising, is to be a charmingly stubborn prick. That and developing a skin that any walrus would be proud of.

I'm at work at the moment, writing. It's not giving me a huge amount of satisfaction right now, but then it is Sunday evening...

It can be twitchy sometimes but I don't believe writer's block actually exists, sometimes as a writer what you create is zinging and sometimes it's a little limp. Learn to be your own worst critic but try and stay on a positive tip, it's a tricky balance to strike but possible.

What do you write out of interest Sparky?

I'm newspapers/magazines.

are you humble?

Yeah, well humble. It's not like I'm breaking Watergate.

are you humble?

Humble for what and what does humility have to do with writing?

Humble for what and what does humility have to do with writing?

fuck all to do with it, see page 86 of the rapha thread

Anyway, my dream job for this particular minute would be... ice cream flavour developer.

Now it's... quality control at the PG Tips factory. Drink a cup, thumbs up. Drink a cup, thumbs up....

probably this

my housemate has just gone to start work experience at the river cottage from now until christmas.

Interesting. If there's one thing I was put on this earth to do, it's write. Nothing else gives me anything like as much satisfaction. It's my natural interest. I reckon it's a totally selfish pursuit too. I've written this and that, here and there, but never on the themes I'd like - satire/criticism.

I did some work experience for a literary agency a while ago, and the refusal rate for unsolicited manuscripts was pretty much 100% - tough gig, writing.

You should write some satire/ criticism, then. I know, I know- it's not that simple, but why not try anyway?

You probably already do try, so I'll shut up.

I would really like to have Geoff Manaugh's job, writing BDLDBLOG. He's also the editor at Dwell, which I could take or leave (honestly because I know I haven't got the knowledge base to do the job properly- or at all).