I want to prove to my husband that I don't need a nine to five job to be a good writer. Being a good writer has nothing to do with going out and working in some office building. Writing is about putting your thoughts on paper, in a organzied matter so that people can understand what you are talking about. Writing a good story, or a good article, is about writing what you know about. And you can learn a lot by watching television, and reading books. I beleive that the more you read, and the more you actually write, the better your writing gets. I don't believe that it has anything to do with working a full time job. I told my husband that I wanted to get a writing course. Because writing is what I want to do with my life. I don't know why I didn't think to get a degree in Creative Writing in the first place. Oh yeah, because I was thinking about a high class job as a paralegel, eventually a lawyer. But now that I don't even have a degree in that. I have educational information on the topic, I just don't have a degree. Anyway, my husband's reasoning for me not taking the writing course, is because he thinks I don't have enough life experience in order to suceed in a writing course. I need to write a full and complete story, I know I can do it, I just have to focus. I am already working on a story, so that is a good thing. I don't think you need to know everything you write about, especially if you are writing a fictional story. For example, did J,K rowling know how it felt like to fight he who shall not be named? Or how it felt to fly around on a broom stick, whilst chasing after a golden ball with wings? Did Steven King experience any of the things his character Carrie experience? Did his mother lock him up in the closet, and demand that he repent for his sins? Did he cause his high school to get back at those who had made his high school days a living hell? Did Robin Cook, pull out the heart of his dying sick daughter in a desperate measure to see what happened? Did Meg Cabbot, actually become a princess of a made up country?