'How To Be a Professional Writer'

Chris Jones (Esquire/Son of Bold Venture): I get a lot of emails from young writers asking for career advice. I don’t mind it. As I’ve told people before, I once cornered Richard Hoffer, the excellent boxing writer for Sports Illustrated, in a New York bar until his face registered a bemused kind of alarm. A big part of figuring things out is relying on the wisdom of others, and I think that applies especially to young writers. Growing up is hard to do; growing up in print is even harder.

-eddie