Gabor Csigas
1 min readFeb 8, 2020

--

Becoming an Elephant-Shaped Space Station is Easy!

No, seriously. It is.

Isn’t it?

See, you just have to take a look at what “elephant-shaped” and “space station” mean.

They all mean whatever you want them to…

…don’t they?

Seriously?

Is it all about perspective?

This article does list a number of nice and actually useful tips.

However, becoming a successful writer in the sense that the world outside you understands “successful” and “writer”, consensually, in general, is still not easy. Sorry. If it was, everyone and their mother would be successful writers. Or maybe elephant-shaped space stations. :)

Follow the above tips (that you like, that is). They’re great. And do work hard.

But remember what an elephant looks like, and keep in mind what a space station is, in consensual reality. Where you can contribute to the rules… but we set them together.

Success is not easy. (Usually.)

PS: See, if I added “writing a response to this article” to my list of what being a successful writer means… would you agree with me? Am I a successful writer now? And if I told you I wrote a million words last year, but nobody read them, because I haven’t shown them to anyone? Does that make me a successful writer… in your eyes?

I thought so.

--

--

Gabor Csigas
Gabor Csigas

Written by Gabor Csigas

A writer of magical realism, sf&f, and weird lit. Published in English and Hungarian. Also a cover designer and a ttrpg GM. My views are my own & 100% personal.

No responses yet