[ SECRET POST #2493 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2493 ⌋

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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

I don't think people are saying NOBODY can make a living at it, because duh, it's obvious people do. Gaiman's one of them. The problem lies in not being honest about the realities of writing as your career-- most working writers aren't as well off as Gaiman, and many are one serious illness or car wreck away from major financial trouble. He glosses over that point in favor of the "live your dream!" message. That's... sweet, but not entirely practical for the majority of would-be writers reading his advice.

[(Anonymous)]

This. I have a whole bunch of friends who want to be writers and have tried to break into the industry. Of them, only one has actually succeeded in becoming more than just a self-published/vanity press-published author and has written several popular and well-received YA novels. The rest are still trying desperately to get a foothold in the business and have been trying for years with no luck.

[(Anonymous)]

+1. The problem with his answer is that it doesn't acknowledge that he's a pretty extreme outlier and most writers are not going to have the degree of success and fame that he does. It's absolutely worthwhile to pursue your dream, but he's not doing aspiring writers any favors by glossing over the fact that it's really fucking hard to succeed in any artistic field and his results aren't typical.