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Originally Posted by Assassin
As for as donating, it is far different to compare people who have had successful and lucrative careers taking lower paying jobs for the enjoyment of a change, or giving their time in retirement to worthwhile causes against writers who are trying to build a following for their works. To that first group I would also include volunteers at hospital and library information desk etc. The difference is that while they give, they don't create anything. You're trying to compare apple to oranges.
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I understand that you desire to profit from your hard work. I don't disagree with you at all on that expectation. I like to be paid for my work too.
My points here is that: Other things than money or expecting a reward comparable by the effort put in motivates many people, people who are creative and have the surplus energy and effort to dedicate to it.
I work in a creative work place, and while we aren't creative in a litterary sense, my coworkers are using alot of their spare time working on products that are free and innovative. Just as an example, my coworker in the office next to mine, is spending long hours into the evening trying to come up with a new type of contentshare application that'll allow you to make collaborative artworks.
As I've written, three things motivate people. I see helping out at as volounteering as wanting to Contribute. I see working on projects like that, and you writing a book as Mastery. So I don't think its apples or oranges at all.