what are the odds of making a livable income as a novel writer?
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what are the odds of making a livable income as a novel writer?
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Let this pic be a reminder of the negatives of miscegenation.
Mixed guy here. Most people don't care. And the people who care don't matter.
>mixed guy here
My condolences
>mixed guy here
I feel sorry for you
mixed people have less soul than purebred/minimally mixed individuals
Practically none. There is simply way too much content out there, and people these days have a miserably short attention span. Write because you love writing, not because you expect to make any money. People like Andy Weir are 100,000,000 in 1.
>People like Andy Weir are 100,000,000 in 1.
Weir's first book was 2011. As a white male he never would have got a deal in 2016.
>1 in 100,000,000
no wonder nobody wants to read your shit
>100,000,000 in 1
0 to none
It's impossible to know because talent and luck can't be quantified. But if you are capable of writing interesting stories then you can make very good money as a novelist.
some stories are interesting by design, and some are extremely flat. there is a limit to how unique a person can be.
quite high actually if you possess talent
which your orbably don't since you're asking such a moronic question
frick off now
explain
People here will give you doomer answers but I'll tell you something positive. The novel may not be a vital culture driving medium anymore but people still read, novels and other texts, and writers today can make a living off varieties of writing that did not exist 10, 20, 30, 100 years ago. The reality that a lot of IQfygays do not want to face is that the decay of the literature of print culture need not mean the death of literature as a whole, nor the writing profession. There are always areas of growth as well. As time goes on, new things that were doubted, disrespected, and disdained for being less than the gold standard of yesterday will become accepted and even recognised for their merits. Just cut your path as a writer, it was never easy to be a success and as always what matters is actually doing the writing every day.
>People here will give you doomer answers but I'll tell you something positive. The novel may not be a vital culture driving medium anymore but people still read, novels and other texts, and writers today can make a living off varieties of writing that did not exist 10, 20, 30, 100 years ago. The reality that a lot of IQfygays do not want to face is that the decay of the literature of print culture need not mean the death of literature as a whole, nor the writing profession.
You could make 100x the average writer by churning out shit Reddit-tier "SCP Foundation" short stories and doing YT, Patreon, etc. Somehow popular even though the average writing is Baltimore public schools-tier.
I think that's what anon meant, yeah the average joe with their homosexual stories on patreon or reddit are thriving while writing poorly, but that's a good thing, for (You), if you want to be a writer, you could get started in the market, start writing with your own style, make innovations, and if you are an autist and want to talk about Kant and Guenon you can do it, you just have to be creative with it, and you can thrive
It does mean the decay of literature culture though just as a matter of fact. Of course it need not mean that, but it does mean that. Have you not considered that the novel itself was something like the last domino to fall? Truthfully, once the culture cast aside poetry, the end was nigh. The development of screens has only put the nail in the coffin.
I could save her.
>I'm not like the other girls
It varies depending on what sort of literature you want to make a living from. For example, the fantasy and YA genres are more viable than others. But in general, it’s not very good. The market is ultra-saturated, the reader base demand is so bad, and publishers are so corrupt that it would foolish to stake a career on it.
The practical advice would be to dip your toes in with a local publishing circuit. Get some short stories or poems or whatever in local and university publications, then move onto submitting for prizes, win some prizes, and then try to get into with bigger publishers.
Livable, it's doable. But as Houllebecq said, you have to face either writing or starvation. If there's the option to take it at a leisurely pace, you will, and won't ever make a living off it alone.
Also consider that, to make money, you'll spend a significant share of your time doing things unrelated to writing. Kissing asses, giving presentations to schoolkids, being interviewed by irrelevant publications.
Ironic considering the guy refused to work for quite a while and received an income not from writing but from French government gibs. He barely made any money writing until he was in his 40s and worked as a Sys Admin to get by.
I think the big problem for any of the arts now is that you're competing against every one who ever lived.
You may be the best writer since Tolstoy, but I can still buy Tolstoy. You might be the best painter since Van Gogh, but I can still buy a print of Van Gogh. You might be the best singer since Paul McCartney, but-- well, you get it.
It's going to be harder and harder to make something brand new that people want to consume.
I'd imagine easier than ever before considering you don't even need to create a physical copy of your book, and if you get enough of a following you can get fans to fund your lifestyle
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