Just curious to know... I know I'd like to make a career out of it. Where are you all at on the spectrum of the business side of writing? My apologies if this subject has been previously beat to death. Edit: Ugh, I realized you cannot edit a poll. I did not mean to make the last question sound flippant, as if someone who does not write for money is not serious about it. What I meant to imply was that someone would write for self-expression, joy, personal enrichment, et al, rather than the more somber business of writing to keep food on the table and the bills paid.
I couldn't vote in your poll -- nothing exactly fits. I write for the joy, self-expression, personal enrichment and because I am addicted to the 'what-if' inside my head. Because of those factors, and being incredibly unsuited for what the normal world calls a 'real job', I made a conscious decision to make my writing pay for itself.
Your last option shuld probably be and/or instead of just "and" because people can be very serious about their writing but not be interested in money. Personally, the only reason I am is because I would rather not have a real job. I did once earn ten whole dollars from a poem, though.
ack, I write cause of two reasons: I heart writing; And my writing tortures my friends*evil laugh* But basically, writing is like my salvation, I don't write for money, but if I didn't write, I'd go crazy.
I write because i have a story to tell. Who knows if anyone will ever read it, but if i write it, maybe one person will. Which is all i need to be happy. two people read my story and it's a bonus! Money means absolutly nothing. I'd pay to get a boo out there. A lot too. (if it was worth is/eg if i was actually good/decent)
hey, Speedy I bet all members of this forum will read...so how much will you pay? But, I'm thinking, what if man hadn't invented writing?
I have had one article published, but wasn't paid. So, no, I haven't made anything off my writing yet. I hope to in the future, and have several manuscripts out. If published, i would get paid. Writing would be a supplimental income, if/when I make any money at it.
HA, the price to make a book (screw profits, i need no money) Online - the price of nothing But i don't like online material (hurts my eyes)
I don't write for the money but occasionally I do make a bit of cash, which is nice! Most of the income I made last year was from writing. Not what I wanted to write exactly, but still. I find that non-fiction writing is usually easier to make money with, but what I really want is to be able to support myself fully writing what I want to write. I do want my (real) writing to be read by the public when it's just right, and it would be pretty sweet to make some cash too.
I write for my own and my friend's pleasure. I've never been financially motivated, and that will not change any time soon.
I wrote feature articles for an outdoor fishing magazine for 15 years. The pay averaged $300-500 per article (depending on the number and quality of pictures . . . magazines love lots of good pictures). The target length for feature articles was 2400 words and columns ran 300-400 words, along with a single picture. I got bonus payments if the pictures showed one or more of the magazine's advertiser products in a favorable way. I quit writing for the fishing magazine about a year ago to concentrate on writing novels during my free hours away from the "day" job. Hopefully, there will come a time when I can earn a living just from writing but that's still a ways off.
Well I did make it multiple choice. You could vote for the last two! Whoever changed that last option on the poll, thank you! It comes off better than before.
in my old life, i wrote for a living, running a private writing consultant business, while writing my own stuff for publication... for the past 14 years, since i gave away all i owned and left even my old 'self' behind, i've done nothing for money, have been writing philosophical essays and what i call 'philosetry' that i give away to all who want it... and i now provide for free, the same writing help for which i used to be paid up to $150/hr...
I write for the fun of writing as of the moment, and to sort of get healthy release. But I would like to write for a living...still a student at the moment.
I write because I have a story to tell, because it's my outlet, because it helps clear my mind and, I think, it makes me a better person for doing so. So I dont write for money. I dont have a job anyway. However, if I ever feel proud enough about a project, I'll gladly share it with the world and hope it would sell and sell and sell.
