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Category: The Journey
#10 IN PURSUIT OF DRAGONS – A SLOW WRITER
The first writing job that I ever got was to write 40 100-word articles... for $5.
#9 IN PURSUIT OF DRAGONS – TEACHING JOB
The first job that I had in my life was as an English teacher.
I was first a private English tutor, then worked in many language schools, as an online tutor, and in a high school.
#8 IN PURSUIT OF DRAGONS – WRITERS GET PAID
At the time when I was finishing my high school education and thinking about which university I should go to, I also began to think of the possibility of being paid to write. Writers get paid, right? I just had no idea how.
#7 IN PURSUIT OF DRAGONS – NOT A MOVIE FAN?
Considering that I write screenplays, you would think that I was a huge movie fan as a child. However, this is not the case for me. I was obsessed with cartoons as a child, but movies never really interested me. In fact, although I had seen some movies by the time I reached my teenage years, I discovered that their number was much smaller than that of the people around me.
#6 IN PURSUIT OF DRAGONS – THE TIME OF DIAL UP INTERNET
When it comes to the Internet, I grew up in the time of dial up internet connections and a speed of 56 kbit/s. Oh yeah. Patience was certainly a virtue back then. If you wanted to get anything done on the Internet, you needed to prepare yourself for long periods of just starting at the screen, waiting for something to load.
#5 IN PURSUIT OF DRAGONS – CARTOON NETWORK AND COURAGE
It was about the same period when I obsessively read Stephen King and also obsessively watched Cartoon Network. Other than family, nothing was more important to me than cartoons. Nothing.
#4 IN PURSUIT OF DRAGONS – ENTER THE KING
When I was about thirteen, I entered my local public library to search for a new book. I did this about twice a month at the time, and I almost always chose a random book from the shelf.
#3 IN PURSUIT OF DRAGONS – WELL IT WASN’T SCHOOL
Many things in life inspired me to become a writer, but school was not one of them.