Not Writing for Business
A thought struck me tonight. Most writers understand that few will be able to write full-time and pay the bills. It seems to me there might be some corollary about not writing for money (or writing in the expectation of money), for it is not likely you will earn enough money from your writing to satisfy you. Stated another way: We only have a finite amount of time per diem, and in order to allocate more time to writing one must be compensated enough so that one need not consume time merely earning money.
I will state for the record that I am not interested in writing as a business. I write stories that I want tell, not stories I think I can sell. Granted, I would love to have a wider audience, and I acknowledge that people read published material more readily than “unpublished”. There is a balance in there somewhere, but if I am ever to make money at this little hobby of mine, that will be a bonus, and probably will not affect anything in my life.
What I really wonder, is how all this will play out in the future. The Internet is full of vast possibilities, and if I were happy with an audience of 100 faithful fans it seems all to trivial to accomplish that in light of the Internet. This of course needs more thought.