I would just like to point something out about
@Connor Bible 's worst/best case scenario thing with the alcoholism and the dead-end job and the loveless marriage and all that. Specifically, that latter point.
I know he's left the thread (pffft) but I'm going to address it to him nonetheless: Connor, you're acting as if the mere act of becoming a famous author or whatever it is is instantly going to land you success. Are you really implying that not being a writer would automatically make it impossible for you to find love? Would you really want to marry someone who
only wanted you for your famous authorship, anyway? I mean, why are you not considering the possibility that things could still work out, even slightly, if you are not the next Stephen King? For comparison, my halfboyfriend is someone I met on a Pokémon forum, for chrissakes. This would not have changed if I were, say, something other than a music major, or he something other than a physics major. We met because of our shared love for Pokémon, video games in general, The Room and other shitty movies, and extremely similar senses of humor. That is the kind of person I'd like to marry, not someone I met because of my eventual status as a music theory professor. I just don't understand why you're treating it as if not being a famous writer is automatically gonna make your life a pile of absolute shit. You're wanting the "storybook" fame, aren't you... fame + fortune with lots of sexy ladies fawning over you. That's kind of a terrible way to live life, though...