You're (somewhat) right. I was mainly addressing the "find an interesting job" part, not the "lucrative" one. There are ways to become successful as a writer,

You're (somewhat) right. I was mainly addressing the "find an interesting job" part, not the "lucrative" one. There are ways to become successful as a writer, but you need to be either very lucky, or cheat. See [1] for an example of the latter. [1] https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B0056BMK6K https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B0056BMK6K