All About Money & Being a Professional Writer

Video Transcript

"REBECCA SATO: Hi. I'm Rebecca with Expert Village. We're going to talk about money. We're going to talk about writing and money. Because, let's face it, even if you're writing because you love it and you're creative and you're expressing yourself, at the end of the day, we all have bills to pay. And so it does come down to money at some point. Unless you're independently wealthy and you're writing for fun and in that case, I'm really jealous and good for you but most of us aren't there. So let's talk about writing as a career and how to make money. People ask me a lot, as a writer, they're just curious. Maybe it's rude but I don't take it that way. People ask me, "How much do you make? Are you making money? Are you successful? Can you make money as a writer?" And I don't think they're trying to be nosy into my personal finances. I think they're just curious. People wonder if you can make money as a writer because I think a lot of people think that you can't or that is too competitive or whatnot. But if you think about it, there's always going to be a need for writers. There's always going to be lots of people who want to read wonderful writing of all kinds. So there's always going to be a market for it and yes, you can make money as a writer. When I tell my friends how much money I'm making as a writer, a lot of them are really shocked. And I just want you to know that you can make a decent living as a writer if you want to do it full time, and we'll talk about how to do that next."