31st July 2016 | for Creatives | writing, publishing, Chuck Wendig, value the art |
"Deny anybody who wants you to work for free. If you work for free, that's something you do, not something someone asks of you—doubly true where they're making money and you're not."
"I think books should be cheaper. I want books to be accessible. If books are precious (and as a result, expensive), then publishers win, readers lose, and by proxy, writers lose, too."
"The writer's goal should be to get published, but the writer's love should be of writing. Too many writers are in love with the idea of writing-to-be-published and too few are in love with the act of writing."
"If you do care about having a go at this writing thing as a proper career, do not write for exposure. Exposure cannot be measured, and you might as well write for any number of invisible things: the dreams of sleeping kittens, perhaps, or mystical unicorn turds. You should always be getting something measurable for your writing."
"I've always maintained that no publisher should make more money off of a book than the writer does. They publish thousands of books a year—but this is the only one (or two) I'm going to do. This also applies to the Amazons of the world. We the writers should be king of the hill because we provide the content."
"None of these excuses are valid. None. Zip. Zilch. Zero. They don't pass the plumber test: Would a plumber say this and not be laughed out of the room? You're a professional. Professionals do not work for free. Period."
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