(August 26, 2017 at 5:07 pm)Rahul Wrote:(August 24, 2017 at 10:35 am)Shell B Wrote: I'm a writer. Really any field that lets you telecommute is jim-jam friendly.
Most writers, even the professional ones, aren't very financially comfortable. If they were I would have been one. I just didn't like the poor aspect of it. lol
It's like being an actor. Yeah, some are rich. Most have to have a day job for supplemental income.
A few things:
1. It's like any other profession. If you're shit at it and not willing to put in the time to build up reputation/client base, you will be poor. Being poor isn't an aspect of being a writer. It's an aspect of being an unambitious or untalented writer. I suppose it can also come from an unwillingness to do the paying jobs.
2. It isn't a choice between being rich or poor. There's a comfortable area right in the middle.
3. I don't know if it's because I deal with other professional writers all the time, but I don't know any who have a "day job" for supplemental income. However, you do have to write shit you don't feel like writing for an income and write the stuff you want to write in your spare time until you build up enough of a presence to write the stuff you feel like writing all the time.
It's all about putting in the work. Sure, I made shit in my twenties when I started this. Now, I only make shit when I take time off for vacation or illness because being self-employed doesn't come with sick leave.
