Reddit reviews Gig: Americans Talk About Their Jobs

How many husband and wife driving teams are out there?

(Also, the husband/wife truck driving team was one of my favorite interviews in the book Gig. I've never seen a couple finishing each other's sentences so often or so perfectly. You could tell these were two people made to be around each other 24 hours a day.)

Lies my Teacher Taught Me: Everything your American History Textbook got Wrong by James Loewen. Fascinating book about what, and why, much of what is taught in Us history textbooks is inaccurate and why most of it is written in a manner that makes the subject boring as sin. Amazing read.

http://www.amazon.com/Lies-My-Teacher-Told-Everything/dp/0743296281/ref=ntt_at_ep_dpt_1

Gig: Americans Talk about Their Jobs. Over 120 masterfully conducted interviews with american workers; ranging from crime scene cleaners to lawn mowing men to transvestite prostitutes. Each interivew is about 4-5 pages long so there's no need to read it in order or in a long sitting. One of my most favorite books and one that helped me decide what I wanted to do for a living. Criminally overlooked and incredibly eye opening.

http://www.amazon.com/Gig-Americans-Talk-About-Their/dp/0609807072/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1261780756&sr=1-1

In that vein, I loved Gig and no one I know has ever even heard of it.

What Should I Do With My Life and Gig are pretty practical suggestions.

Pick up a book like Gig: Americans Talk About Their Jobs by John Bowe or What cops know by Connie Fletcher and follow that style. Avoid stylizing or editorializing the stories; just write down verbatim what the interviewee says. This way each story is like a vignette and it's like you're hearing a firsthand account rather than through the filter of the writer.

Go to bars and offer to buy someone a drink, then tell them about the book and ask if they have any good stories. Carry a tape recorder; but make sure that you let them know that their full name won't be used (or have them use a pseudonym). Go to an AA meeting or two for perspective as to how recovery looks (but don't make your account to specific), there are always good stories there - and yes, go to some other alcoholic treatment alternatives. Wherever there is alcohol, try to be there. Get as much perspective as possible; you can always cut it down later when you edit.

After a few weeks of gathering stories, pick out your best and write up a synopsis to send into a book agent (major publishers don't accept unsolicited manuscripts).

Whenever it's done, lemme know and I'll pick up a copy :)

Good luck!

My point still stands: the men in porn aren't really enjoying themselves either. source Porn objectifies everyone involved, which is kind of the point. And everything you said about acting and gratification applies equally to male porn stars.