Any other STEM majors here want to be a writer? I love my major, math, but I don't think I can be the type of writer I want to be while continuing down this track since it takes up so much time. Anyone else have a similar dilemma or experience?
Comp sci bachelors here. Actually wrote a lot as a teen and got on the radio once though no one was listening idk what it was it was weird. I won some poetry contests too I think. I gave the whole thing up and just write code now but I wonder if I could go back, its not like I was ever really any good in my youth.
I keep a small mead notebook near my bed and just write down ideas. Ive had a few good ones I think but no real writing yet.
>>9677397
>muh dilemma
Where's the dilemma bitch? What fucking dilemma?
Don't create threads unless you have something to talk about regarding serious literature. This is not your blog about your life's 'dilemmas'
NOW FUCK OFF and kill yourself after that.
I still sometimes dream about writing fantasy/sf short stories on the side. But I just don't know how to come up with a decent story.
t. STEM PhD
>>9677397
I majored in English as an undergraduate. Just finished a Master of Science in MIS and about to start working in the cyber security field. My goal is to spend most of my free time writing.
>>9677545
came here to post this
I dream of writing stories in my free time in older age, but currently my time is split between the lab and the computer. I listen to a lot of audiobooks and make notes though. If Asimov could be a sci-fi author while also being a professor of biochemistry, then I can at least write a few short stories.