Inspirational Quotes & Unique Work Opportunities For Writers

"Dip your pen into your arteries and write." — William Allen White

"A word after a word after a word is power.” — Margaret Atwood

Most writers will tell you that writing is a compulsion.

"We write to taste life twice, in the moment and in retrospect.” — Anais Nin

We couldn’t stop doing it even if we tried. Yet, sometimes, if a writer is feeling unrecognized or unappreciated after contributing so much energy into their works, we can feel like giving up.

“All artwork is stored energy. The art releases its power when the viewer becomes a dreamer.” — Larry Bell

“A writer is a world trapped in a person.” — Victor Hugo

Sometimes we can self-sabotage.

“I went for years not finishing anything. Because, of course, when you finish something you can be judged.” — Erica Jong

Yet, you will never know what you are capable of unless you try. An interesting writing job I stumbled upon recently is that of an Interactive Script Writer for multiple choice games.

This company has three different writer sections: fiction, romance, and one section dedicated specifically for beginner writers who don't have any published works.

Tales is another interactive game company creating an interesting platform. This is a comprehensive article about what it is like to write on Tales from one of their top post-apocalyptic writers.

"I used to save all my rejection slips because I told myself, one day I’m going to autograph these and auction them. And then I lost the box.” — James Lee Burke

Recently, I got rejected by Scripts: Untold Secrets because my pitch was too complex. They are still searching for writers and may be a better match for someone else, as I did speak to two of their employees and was told good things about the company.

“He had become so caught up in building sentences that he had almost forgotten the barbaric days when thinking was like a splash of color landing on a page.” — Edward St. Aubyn

“I decided that it was not wisdom that enabled poets to write their poetry, but a kind of instinct or inspiration, such as you find in seers and prophets who deliver all their sublime messages without knowing in the least what they mean.” — Socrates

"In your light I learn how to love. In your beauty, how to make poems. You dance inside my chest where no one sees you, but sometimes I do, and that sight becomes this art." — Rumi

Another interesting job opportunity I found for scientific minded writers is with Labster. You will need to use your imagination to design virtual experiences for students while ensuring that the storyline, theory, and quiz questions all come together. They have positions for any STEM discipline, with special attention towards chemistry and physics.

"Words can be like X-rays if you use them properly — they'll go through anything. You read and you're pierced.” — Aldous Huxley

"A blank piece of paper is God's way of telling us how hard it is to be God.” — Sidney Sheldon

Perhaps the best work opportunity in existence for writers, is to actually sit down and write a book.

"I would advise any beginning writer to write the first drafts as if no one else will ever read them — without a thought about publication — and only in the last draft to consider how the work will look from the outside.” — Anne Tyler

It could be any book. Any story. Fiction. Fantasy. Romance. Sci Fi. Non-Fiction. Science. Memoir. Autobiography. Suspense. Thriller. Health. Spiritual. Religion.

"A writer’s only compensation is absolute freedom. He has no master except his own soul, and that, I am sure, is why he does it." — Roald Dahl

"You should write because you love the shape of stories and sentences and the creation of different words on a page." — Annie Proulx

"History will be kind to me fore I intend to write it." — Winston Churchhill

Do not let fear hold you back. Listen to the words of your ancestors when they call to you. If you feel a spiritual connection to any of the maestros, request for them to work with you. You never know who will show up to guide you unless you ask.

"Conscious fear is a result of the individual intellect choosing to limit itself. The only limit we may ever experience in the universe- is the one we impose ourselves. The greatest limitation you will ever have to overcome is yourself." — Thomas J. Chalko

"The dandelion only dies for a second before splitting itself into a hundred new possible dreams. You must understand that your failures are dandelions." — Erin Van Vuren

"There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.” ― Maya Angelou

If all else fails…

Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing. — Benjamin Franklin

Get out and live, so inspiration can flow.