Great post. Thankfully I missed the comment you were talking about, or I might have had to rant at that girl (or not, if it was in AQ's journal, since I was baleeted and banned omg).
those who want to be professionals and those who want to be amateurs
I'm not sure those are the right words to use, though, because I know plenty of writers who have no desire to be published professionally (myself included) but who make every effort to be a better writer, to make sure their fics are grammatically correct, spell-checked, realistic, etc. Certainly I want my work to be up to professional standards. But I have no desire to be anything other than an amateur when it comes to actually being published, because I'm perfectly happy with my current career. (Though if I ever wrote anything original, I'd submit it to various places in hopes of earning some extra cash, yes.)
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those who want to be professionals and those who want to be amateurs
I'm not sure those are the right words to use, though, because I know plenty of writers who have no desire to be published professionally (myself included) but who make every effort to be a better writer, to make sure their fics are grammatically correct, spell-checked, realistic, etc. Certainly I want my work to be up to professional standards. But I have no desire to be anything other than an amateur when it comes to actually being published, because I'm perfectly happy with my current career. (Though if I ever wrote anything original, I'd submit it to various places in hopes of earning some extra cash, yes.)