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Leaving the Law for Writing

Law is like a bad marriage easy to get into; hard to get out of. The primrose path starts in earnest in college, when you pore over the websites and request the glossy brochures. You might even talk to a couple of real live law students all of them hard driving and full of enthusiasm. You long to join their ranks and learn about this mysterious process of "briefing cases." (How sweetly naive you were back in the day.)

Once you've gotten accepted somewhere, becoming a lawyer is merely a matter of following a time tested recipe: Do your work for three years, get your degree, pass the bar, and presto! This is not to say that becoming a lawyer is easy far from it but it's a clear cut path with a predictable end. They need experience.

But where to start? Especially after the predictability of a legal career, pursuing anything writing related seems like a confusingly endless mish mosh of options. It's important to take UGG Classic Short Clearance your time and resist the impulse to get overwhelmed. Here are a few questions to ask yourself before making any major changes.

1. Are you committed to making a living at it? You may think a UGGS Clearance more reasonable first question would be, "What do you want to write?" You'll definitely need to ask yourself that, but not yet. This question has to come first, and here's why: Writing is a business. Alternately, you may Warm UGG Bailey Button Triplet 1873 Chocolate Boots Clearance USA be interested in adding writing to your existing life without committing to a massive UGG Bailey Button Triplet Clearance upheaval. Either is fine, but you need to be clear on both what you're after and the price you're willing to pay.

2. What do you want to write? Only after answering question 1 are you ready to turn to this one. Maybe you've always wanted to write novels. Maybe you don't care what you write, as long as you're able to pay your bills via writing. Now that you have the context provided by 1, you can start to get a sense of what your writing life will look like. If your goal is to make some additional money as you continue in your legal practice, you can do that quite nicely through business copywriting. In any event, start to sketch out both what your writing life will look like and how you will earn money.

3. Who can I talk to? After you've gotten some of the details worked out, it's important to talk to people who are successful at what you want to do or what you think you want to do. It's just a little harder to ferret them out since a lot of them work alone in their homes. You'll have to pay a membership fee, but that's a good thing as it weeds out the looky loos.

You may also want to consider professional coaching to help get you started on the right path, and help keep you motivated along the way. In any event, it's important to remember to focus on people who already have what you want and can help you get there, too.