One common misconception of the successful author is that of struggling artist secluded for years until emerging with the magical masterpiece. Survey the life stories of some of the most successful writers in the history of publishing, however, and one finds a wide variety of career paths that destroy that myth.
Many of the "before success" occupations span the realms of blue-collar type workers(Louis L’Amour) to professions in medicine (Michael Crichton) and business as well as the presumed academic fields (Stephen King, Stephanie Meyer and Dan Brown) of English majors
Others arrived at the profession in a rather sideways fashion. They worked in other writing professions such as newspaper reporter or as a copywriter for an advertising agency.
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