I had no contacts or money but IdeasTap helped launch my career as a writer. Other young people who wouldn’t normally stand a chance should be able to benefit too
When I first came across the boldly branded IdeasTap online I had two high-pressure jobs, in the wildly divergent fields of Mayfair nightclubs and the civil service, in order to pay my way through a part-time MA in international politics (hence the nightclubs) and to start a sensible, safe career trajectory (hence the civil service).
I had always wanted to pursue the arts, specifically poetry and playwriting, but it had never seemed like anything that could become a reality. I was the first person in my immediate family to go to university and I had no friends or acquaintances who were professional artists. So I thought writing would remain what it always had been for me: a much-loved pastime.
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