If you become a creative writer with the idea that you are going to make a whole lot of money, then maybe this isn't the best choice for you.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
If your purpose is to make money, you shouldn't get into writing.
Writing is not the easiest way to make a living. Your work long hours, usually all by yourself. It is not a way to make money.
It's not like being a writer is a very lucrative career, but you know, you just know when you've found what you're really meant to do.
I like the writing life, but it's not something that always makes enough money.
I always knew I wanted to be a writer. I just wasn't sure what I wanted to do as a money-making job.
That has to remain the principal reason for doing it, doesn't it? I know it's possible to write for money, and many very good writers have done so. But for me, it has to remain the principal thing that I actually want to do the writing.
Write because you love the art and the discipline, not because you're looking to sell something.
What is good for you creatively is usually bad commercially. You thrive financially by sticking to a series and not fiddling about too much. You do yourself harm by moving away from the series and the genre. By trying things not based in that particular mode of writing, you will just lose readers.
You don't make any money being an artist. Writing and producing? You get your money from that. You live comfortable.
I was always told you're not going to make much money from writing. You can actually do it. Now I've built a really good, big house out of words.