So this afternoon, I participated in a panel discussion, put on by the Boston College Career Center, for students interested in careers in writing. No joke!
My fellow panelists were Michele Meek, a screenwriter/director who founded NewEnglandFilm.com, and Erin Dionne, whose young adult novel Models Don't Eat Chocolate Cookies was recently published by Dial Books.
I gotta tell ya, it was a little jarring, being asked to represent long form narrative journalism, sitting next to one person who has a three-book deal with a Penguin imprint, and another who actually publishes a magazine and has written and directed award-winning films. That is to say, these were real people making it in the writing business, and I was just me. But I like to think I held my own, and I gave some good advice to the youngsters. The organizer from the Career Center said she would do a post on the Center's blog about the event, so as soon as that comes up, I'll pass it along to you guys.
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I write a lot about doubting my own professionalism/accomplishments so I can relate.
You're a semi-recent college graduate coming into the work force during tough economic times. Of course you will feel this way. As do I. My current job is *technically* my first *real* job. And to many, it's not even considered a *real* job. At least not from people in my profession.
The future is hard to see when blinded by the present. But, from one doubting young semi-professional to another, you're very smart (smarter than anyone I know) and witty and have far more avenues in which to explore your profession than many (including I), because you have friends. And, no man is a failure who has friends.
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