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Originally Posted by wodin
And whether or not it is a “disincentive to continue writing” is entirely dependent on the author’s motivation. My experience is that artists’ motivations are more dependent on their art than their heirs.
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That depends on the author, and what they are writing. And besides, there is writing and then there is publishing. I have referenced him before, and I will again. Salinger appears to have wrote 15 novels in the last 40 years of his life and published exactly none of them because his existing work provided him enough to live off of.
Other authors, even serious authors, have written books purely to cover the expenses of living. Sometimes these works are throw aways while they pursue their more serious work, other times it is the serious work and finally sometimes work that was meant to earn quick buck out lives the more "serious" work.
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Bill