Since there is always so much talk on people not wanting minors to debut bc It's child labor, what about me being an author at 14?
I'm not one (yet) but I almost got a publishing deal with a big publisher in my country when I was 11 and now that I'm 14, I'm trying to improve even more to make it this time.
If I eventually make it, is that considered child labor as well?
I know, as an author you don't get that much sexual comments compared to a K-Pop Idol, but if your books get popular, you can get a lot of hate as well.
And remember, K-Pop is full of younger people, while most authors are adults. That means, there could be a lot of age-shaming (does this word even exist?) or mean comments.
I would love to hear HwaGoose 's thoughts on this, since she is a writer as well.
What do you think about a 14 year old becoming an author?
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Really cool i always love to see writers
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Well... I was 18 years old when I got a short story of mine published.
But that of course isn't being a minor.
And I didn't become a super popular author.
I don't know if I would consider it "child labor".
I also wrote unpublished stories when I was under the age of 18.
For me, it feels more like a hobby rather than a job. (and in my country, you kinda can't only work as an "author". You need a different job too.)
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Thank you sm! I know that it isn't the same at all, but there are some similarities, at least in my point of view.
And yes, it's definitely what I want to do.
I started writing my first drafts at the age of 10.
Back then, I wasn't really certain about taking it serious. But as I developed such a big passion for it, I realised that it's the thing that I'm best at, and that I want to share my stories with the world.
Even after getting 16 rejections I didn't stop and after 3 years, I'm still trying to improve and don't give up
Realising that made me become certain that I have the passion and discipline to make it one day! -
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Thank you sm! I know that it isn't the same at all, but there are some similarities, at least in my point of view.
And yes, it's definitely what I want to do.
I started writing my first drafts at the age of 10.
Back then, I wasn't really certain about taking it serious. But as I developed such a big passion for it, I realised that it's the thing that I'm best at, and that I want to share my stories with the world.
Even after getting 16 rejections I didn't stop and after 3 years, I'm still trying to improve and don't give up
Realising that made me become certain that I have the passion and discipline to make it one day!I wish you all the best and I hope you get all the success that you deserve
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I wish you all the best and I hope you get all the success that you deserve
Thanks again :)
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Thanks again :)
You're welcome
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it's such a bad comparison
you can't compare people making mad at Minor debuting in kpop to a minor becoming a published author
I used to have a friend of mine who got publish in France, and they had a certain time to produce chapters or write the books but they could easily schedule their working hour like they want, they used to go to school so they were working on it the night or the week end
but she was free to do whatever she wants when she wanted at the moment she respected her timeline
Since there is always so much talk on people not wanting minors to debut bc It's child labor, what about me being an author at 14?
Being a kpop idols is child labor, because it's not the minor who are handling their schedules as they want, their schedules is forced on them and they don't have their words
and it's not like being an author, being an idol you can't go to school because your schedule is so crazy that you just don't have the time
You're working 24/7 when you are an idol
it's not something that you experience when you are an author, you can have days without writing anything because you don't have any ideas of what to do, and then work 2-3 days if suddenly something came to your mind
you'll not have a manager waking you up at 5am because you need to go to a radio station and pre-register your performance, someone spying on what you eat because you're on a diet etc....
Writing a book is often see as not a "real work" because it's not a full time job, a lot of people actually wrote book while having a full time day jobs on the side (khaled hosseini,...)
in contrary of being an idol who's a full time job and don't let you enough time to do any thing else
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I personally have no issue with kpop and minors (especially female idols)
I've said it before and I'll say it again
female idols have an shelf life (like it or not)
female idols who continue to work as a idol after 30 is rarity
female idols who continue to work as a idol after 30 and who are successful is almost non-existent...
and thus one has a limited time in order to make oneself known individually and get one's brand out there...
and thus the younger one debuts the more opportunity one has to earn $$$
as an example if Wonyoung debuted in a fixed group at 13 she'd have an entire 7 year's worth of earnings and experience and still be younger than the likes of jisoo/nayeon/irene when they debuted...
I'm not saying whether it is right or wrong - it is what it is
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