Writing for Money vs. Writing for pleasure
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Re: Writing for Money vs. Writing for pleasure
It's also why I try to read Indie books whenever time permits, usually a couple a month.
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Sadly, we rarely get the time to do both.
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I agree. Although I want to write for money, I don't want that to be the main reason I create things. After all, that's what my day job is for.adamgreenrock wrote: ↑27 Jan 2020, 10:43 When you write just for getting a quick buck, you tend to lose yourself and just writing the things you aren't passionate about. When you are writing something that you actually care about, it's always satisfying. You may not get paid more when you write for pleasure (It's like a 50/50 gamble), it's always better than trying to chase the latest trend.
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That being said, I don't give my work away for free. The pieces have value.
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I agree!sevencrows wrote: ↑27 Jan 2020, 08:03 I think it's very hard to write if you don't enjoy what you're doing. Remember how it felt to write up reports for boring topics in school? It's the same thing, more or less--while some people write for money (and there's nothing wrong with that, especially because supporting yourself through the arts is so difficult for the average writer!), it's tedious if there isn't at least some joy in it. To some degree, in my opinion, there's a mixture of motivations.