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Earning a living as a writer is great.

Whose writing you're doing is the tricky bit.

Julie R. Neidlinger
Jul 07, 2023
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Earning a living as a writer can happen in two ways:1

  1. You write for other people based on what they want.

  2. You write your own content and people pay you for it.

When people imagine being a writer, it’s the second option.

Always.

Novelist. Mystery writer. Poet. Short story creator of significance. Journalist. Essayist. Thought leader writing think pieces for important publications.

Alas.

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