there is far more money being made off of all of the forms of art you mention than ever before in history. there are more books being published, more photos tak

there is far more money being made off of all of the forms of art you mention than ever before in history. there are more books being published, more photos taken, etc, etc. it was never easy to make money off of writing before. it still isn't. given than many more people are doing it the proportion of failures to successes is higher and the earnings are more widely dispersed. people don't usually make money off of software directly but usually by using software to enable some sort of process that they can charge for. software engineers make money the same way ghost writers, or script writers, or other real writing professionals make money. they get a spec and they implement it. the difference between professionals and artists is that professionals get paid up front.