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Writing is incredibly difficult and pays incredibly bad. Inspired books are often written for the pleasure of it, and any money from it is a big optional unknow
by dsign 5y ago
Writing is incredibly difficult and pays incredibly bad. Inspired books are often written for the pleasure of it, and any money from it is a big optional unknown. The author may want to finish the series, but they still need to pay their bills, and if their writing doesn't do it, it's back to trimming lawns and taking odd jobs.
There is a simple thing people can do to help writers: read more.
- shadowfox 5y agoI mean, while this is sort of true in general, I don't know if the poverty/bad-pay argument would apply to authors like Martin or Rothfuss. Writing is of course hard as you say though.