Ending The Old Boy Network: The New World of Publishing | Andy Weir | TEDxManhattanBeach
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- Опубліковано 30 гру 2015
- Change is here. The power of technology has revolutionized the publishing industry. In his funny, honest talk, The Martian author Andy Weir shares his personal and circuitous journey to become a writer.
Andy Weir was first hired as a programmer for a national laboratory at age fifteen and has worked as a software engineer ever since. He is also a lifelong space nerd and a devoted hobbyist of subjects like relativistic physics, orbital mechanics, and the history of manned spaceflight. The Martian is his first novel.
This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at ted.com/tedx
I just finished "Project Hail Mary", his latest. In my opinion, even better than The Martian.
Your opinion is correct
"True, true, true"
Omg yes
amaze amaze amaze
Fax no printer
Andy said that his take away was that anyone can publish. I think there was another one. Andy was not greedy. It wasn’t just about money. He wanted people to find joy in his work. I believe not being greed helped lead to success.
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Well I'm freakin sold! I watched this a few days ago and ever since I've been researching this because - yes - I have a book in the works. Part of what's been blocking me is the ex-publishing industry. Guess what ? I'm no longer blocked ! THANK YOU !!!
The message was short, but what counts is the journey! Thanks for those amazing stories and how you tell them!
This was awesome, thank you for sharing, Andy & the folks @ TedTalks 😃
What a nice guy. I already liked his books, but since I learned a bit about the author I like them even more.
I love this man! He's definitely my favorite writer.
It combines a sense of humor and science together, which makes me love his books so much!
Highly enjoyable, inspirational and entertaining!
Amazing! So inspiring. Thank you!
He is so awesome!
27k views for the best sci-fi writer of our generation. 27k of us are incredibly lucky!
what's the deal with all these comments about white males and privilege? this guy is a genius and he deserves the success he had. Stop being negative!
Speaking from experience, writing is not the hardest part (even writing something decent) - the marketing part is. So, you can be as good a novelist as it gets, but if you don't know how to promote yourself, chances are that not much will come out of it.
" but if you don't know how to promote yourself, chances are that not much will come out of it." this is the truth. But how do this explain the fact that people just go to a blog, read that chapter, and get into the book for real, and spread the voice? Does this make any count?
All i wanna say is: "He's the man!"
👏👏👏
good good good
Enginners don't pay attention to the things that aren't engineering
Why does he dress like a Central American dictator tho?
Hm. I'm not sure that an engineer with a six figure salary who sold off his aol shares at a high and took a few years off is "everybody" when he says "everybody can succeed"...
rockblue01 non of the things you mention are part of his success as a writer, maybe except for the years off. You can literally do the same he did, maybe with less time, but you can
None of that is all that relevant though to the success of his story. The few years of work he took off resulted in a book that nobody ever really read. You also don't need a six figure salary to host a website where you can write stories.
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Stephen King wrote his first novels in a trailer home, writing at night in his tiny toilet while the kids where sleeping. Doesn't take anything away from Andy Weir, who clearly is a very decent human being. I wish him all the best.
He is down to Earth, but I didnt appreciate the Nigerian prince comment.
keith c, you didn't receive an email from a Nigerian prince, who needed a little help...?
This story reeks of privilege as much as he tries to be self deprecating
Your comment reeks of ignorance and lack of comprehension.
His story (the martian) got to an agent and became a best seller after he gained a following of 3,000 people over 10 years. He kept with his passion and it paid off. Did he need to be broke through the whole thing for your liking?
youve obviously never tried to be a writer