Writing for money

No man but a blockhead ever wrote, except for money — Samuel Johnson

Well, there are writer who put pen to paper for art. Unfortunately, though, art often doesn’t pay the bills. But a number of forms of non-fiction writing definitely can.

In this article, Shaunna Privratsky discusses writes about how she learned to make money writing non-fiction. She says:

I wrote short stories, essays, poetry, three novels, interviews and articles. Amid the avalanche of rejections, I noticed a pattern. Most of my informational articles yielded quick acceptances. Plus, the checks were noticeably larger.

If you play your cards properly, there’s a chance you can use your earnings from non-fiction writing to subsidize what some would call your more serious work like fiction and poetry. A lot of writers do …

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