If you were to map out how much time you spend on research and writing; would it be worth it? In truth I probably make around $0.10 an hour if I am lucky. I spend a lot of time both researching and polishing my material. This makes writing for dollars somewhat frustrating. But we didn't get into this to become billionaires did we? No writing is a passion. Writers don't choose to write, it chooses them. I write to survive, get the voices out of my head and be heard. Why do you write?
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Hah, got into writing for pretty much the same reason. Nice blog.
--Lara
http://www.yourplotthickens.com
http://yourplotthickens.blogspot.com
Yeah, it's funny what you think about at four in the morning. Thanks for the comment. Your blog is pretty cool.
The thing about writing, it is a lot like singing in the shower. It usually sounds good to us but not so much to every one else. A sobering truth and hard to swallow I know. Therefore I pretty much write for myself and hope someone reads me but don't dwell on it as much as I used to. As for making money It is a crapshoot. right place right time. Amanda Hocking hit it just right when twilight was hot and people were searching for like content after getting a kindle for christmas. anyway greaat blog and check me out if bored at http://characterswellmet.blogspot.com
@Regge. I definitely second what you're saying here. Yes, so often what we write sounds great to us, but not to anyone else. :-(
Feedback, feedback, feedback.
And rewrite, rewrite, rewrite.
--Lara
http://www.yourplotthickens.com
Great comparison Regge. I was just reading an article about Amanda Hocking, pretty amazing story... but yeah right place right time. Nice looking Blog and thanks for the follow.
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