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		nerfhammer on April 14, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Don’t work. Be hated. Love someone. (2008) Being a writer for a TV show isn't "making it without making it", it's "making it" proper.

ocelotpotpie on April 15, 2012 [–]

Absolutely - I didn't intend to downplay being a TV writer.

In that vein, being a session musician is also "making it" as well. But "it" is subjective - if "it" is being on stage, you didn't "make it" in either case.

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