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Originally Posted by mr ploppy
When people write in order to make money they make creative decisions based on how it will impact their profits. No more 10 page descriptions of kitten killing because it might put people off buying. They would also start writing what they think people will want to buy rather than what they really want to write.
I've seen this in music as well. Bands get lucky and sell enough records to give up their day-jobs. After that their music changes to attract more buyers. It's no longer a hobby so they have to make decisions based on profitability and chase mass market acceptability.
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They still have the option of deciding "the hell with making money" and just do what they want. The fact that they do what they believe will help them sell their works work just proves the point -- most artists, writers, musicians, etc do hope for monetary rewards and are not just in it for the pure joy of creation --- at least when they have an actual chance to cash in. Nothing wrong with that, my guess is that being a proud but starving artist gets old pretty quickly.