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Musings About Making Money From Writing
a year ago
This is a copy of a Twitter thread originally posted here: https://x.com/KolikWriter/status/1843786996516565029
In short: I'm getting older, job hunting is miserable, and I have a vague notion about how I'd like to make money from writing. Any thoughts are welcome.
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My birthday is coming up this month. I don't normally talk about personal stuff but this year is going to mark a change in my life. I'm going to be turning 30. My bones will turn to dust, etc.
I didn't even want to write the number out. That's how much the idea unsettles me.
When I was younger, life was much simpler. Play games, read books, surf the internet, watch cartoons.
Right now I'm unemployed, and I've been that way since last year (which I'd mentioned earlier this year). It sucks. The days just bleed together.
I've been improving my skills and applying everywhere, but most of it is just dumb luck. It's unsatisfying knowing that so much of my effort will just evaporate.
Writing has been a great help, even fetish stuff that "isn't real literature."
This spring I uploaded Lost in the Thick of Things, which was my first commission - like, my first commission EVER. The first time in my life I did something creative that I enjoyed and got paid for it. So what if it's about naga sex and vore?
https://x.com/KolikWriter/status/1767624163177459795
When I was hashing out the details of this one with Outlet, I felt energized in a way that was completely new to me. I had to do a lot of work and research to figure out what my rates were, what my limits were, build a website to store my work, etc.
It was tough, but fun.
Since then I've been feeling better about writing as a hobby and maybe as something resembling an occupation. I haven't done any math on living expenses (other than that they'd be too high) or thought about how to structure a subscription site, but...
I dunno. There are other people who've done it. I've seen a LOT of people who are bad at art and writing figure out how to make money from it, so how hard could it be?
I wouldn't have any stability or benefits, but at least I'd be in control of something, not just drifting.
Maybe if I start a p*treon (Is that a suppressed word? I hate this website) I could take some of the ideas I spend so much time fantasizing about, get people to vote on them, and turn some of them into real things. Spend less time daydreaming that way.
There are ideas for stories and projects I've had rattling around in my head for literal YEARS but which I've never done anything with. I know the sharpness that drew me to them in the first place has worn down by now, and I hate that.
For reference, my commission info is here. I'd still like to take comms in addition to any work for patrons.
But for now this is still just shooting the breeze. I would like to know what you think if you've read this far, though.
https://kolik.neocities.org/commission
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In short: I'm getting older, job hunting is miserable, and I have a vague notion about how I'd like to make money from writing. Any thoughts are welcome.
***
My birthday is coming up this month. I don't normally talk about personal stuff but this year is going to mark a change in my life. I'm going to be turning 30. My bones will turn to dust, etc.
I didn't even want to write the number out. That's how much the idea unsettles me.
When I was younger, life was much simpler. Play games, read books, surf the internet, watch cartoons.
Right now I'm unemployed, and I've been that way since last year (which I'd mentioned earlier this year). It sucks. The days just bleed together.
I've been improving my skills and applying everywhere, but most of it is just dumb luck. It's unsatisfying knowing that so much of my effort will just evaporate.
Writing has been a great help, even fetish stuff that "isn't real literature."
This spring I uploaded Lost in the Thick of Things, which was my first commission - like, my first commission EVER. The first time in my life I did something creative that I enjoyed and got paid for it. So what if it's about naga sex and vore?
https://x.com/KolikWriter/status/1767624163177459795
When I was hashing out the details of this one with Outlet, I felt energized in a way that was completely new to me. I had to do a lot of work and research to figure out what my rates were, what my limits were, build a website to store my work, etc.
It was tough, but fun.
Since then I've been feeling better about writing as a hobby and maybe as something resembling an occupation. I haven't done any math on living expenses (other than that they'd be too high) or thought about how to structure a subscription site, but...
I dunno. There are other people who've done it. I've seen a LOT of people who are bad at art and writing figure out how to make money from it, so how hard could it be?
I wouldn't have any stability or benefits, but at least I'd be in control of something, not just drifting.
Maybe if I start a p*treon (Is that a suppressed word? I hate this website) I could take some of the ideas I spend so much time fantasizing about, get people to vote on them, and turn some of them into real things. Spend less time daydreaming that way.
There are ideas for stories and projects I've had rattling around in my head for literal YEARS but which I've never done anything with. I know the sharpness that drew me to them in the first place has worn down by now, and I hate that.
For reference, my commission info is here. I'd still like to take comms in addition to any work for patrons.
But for now this is still just shooting the breeze. I would like to know what you think if you've read this far, though.
https://kolik.neocities.org/commission
Posted using PostyBirb
