Comments on: Can you write for love AND money? http://johndbrown.com/2009/04/can-you-write-for-love-and-money/ Mon, 21 May 2012 04:35:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: John Brown http://johndbrown.com/2009/04/can-you-write-for-love-and-money/comment-page-1/#comment-99 John Brown Sat, 25 Apr 2009 03:02:45 +0000 http://johndbrown.com/?p=1315#comment-99 Hum, I didn't think of fanfic. But I certainly don't think they go in the drugde area. I think they're in the artiste area. LOTS OF PASSION. Very little moo-lah. But you're right. Writing a lovely story, getting a contract, and finding an audience are all three VERY different things. You can succeed at the first or even the second and still bomb on the third. Hum, I didn’t think of fanfic. But I certainly don’t think they go in the drugde area. I think they’re in the artiste area. LOTS OF PASSION. Very little moo-lah.

But you’re right. Writing a lovely story, getting a contract, and finding an audience are all three VERY different things. You can succeed at the first or even the second and still bomb on the third.

]]> By: juliecfrost http://johndbrown.com/2009/04/can-you-write-for-love-and-money/comment-page-1/#comment-96 juliecfrost Fri, 24 Apr 2009 17:42:25 +0000 http://johndbrown.com/?p=1315#comment-96 In a just universe, the author writes what's he's passionate about, the audience picks up on the passion and buys his work, and the universe throws buckets of money at his head. Alas and woe, the universe is an unjust place. If it throws buckets of money at me for this Project That's Eaten My Brain Since July, no one will be more surprised than I. And then there's the poor fanfiction writer, who writes for mad love and no money and is subject to both disdain and pity. In a just universe, the author writes what’s he’s passionate about, the audience picks up on the passion and buys his work, and the universe throws buckets of money at his head. Alas and woe, the universe is an unjust place. If it throws buckets of money at me for this Project That’s Eaten My Brain Since July, no one will be more surprised than I.

And then there’s the poor fanfiction writer, who writes for mad love and no money and is subject to both disdain and pity.

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