The problem is the reader world is bifurcating. It is no longer viable to write "for the middle" of the audience. The two profitable price-quality points are:

The problem is the reader world is bifurcating. It is no longer viable to write "for the middle" of the audience. The two profitable price-quality points are: - Cheap content for the masses (lowest common denominator, ad supported) - Deep content for the vested (at a high price point) "The middle" graces you with: - High cost to produce (research, depth, diction) - Limited audience - Zero willingness to pay A writer demanding the world take them seriously is the last step on the way down.... performance begets entitlement, not the reverse. There are critical writers in the business world: those who write landing pages, build core content, drive desirable activity. They are often very well paid and - in the event they aren't - are frequently positioned to go out on their own as an independent publisher. It's the ones that write what in retrospect was the filler who tend to complain....