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The Business Side of Writing
Making and spending money
The most successful writers I know understand that writing isn’t just an art. It can be a business, and treating it like one helps you make money.
That means keeping track of expenses, and spending money wisely to improve our writing and grow our base of readers. It’s not hard, but it takes planning as well as basic accounting and marketing skills.
We all want to write about what interests us, but we also have to think about what readers want, and how to best maximize our output. I’ve been serious about writing short articles and essays for awhile now, and it’s been working for me. However, I also want to return to fiction writing.
Writing novels is my passion. Since I was young, I would write fiction every spare moment I could find. Even when I wasn’t actively writing, my stories were on my mind. I used to think about my characters on my drive home from school or work, and even dream about them.
Then one day, I stopped. I couldn’t figure out how to make money doing it, so I hit the pause button.
I’m ready to start up again. I know a lot more now, and know that simply being a good writer isn’t enough if I want to make money.
