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Originally Posted by tompe
The choose field for a write is to write. I do not think that there are more opportunities for a musician than a writer to earn money in the choosen field (the field is writing for the writer...).
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I disagree, but that's okay. My husband is a musician and he played a lot of venues. Most of them paid. Perhaps it was timing, but there are not a lot of paid opportunities for writers--regardless of fiction or non-fiction. I can write essays or non-fiction but there is little market for them (believe me, for years I submitted various articles to magazines, travel blogs, etc. I've had two recipes published, one travel story and a finance article. The one recipe/article was published in a subscription magazine and was unpaid.) I've had numerous short stories published and they were all paid, but the highest payment was 100 dollars. The number of short stories written and submitted were mostly unpaid--and that is a lot of time to spend on something for no pay. I'm not complaining, I'm merely submitting evidence for my claim. Writers do make money by writing articles, ghost writing, etc. I just happen to think there are more opportunities for musicians. It's only my opinion. I suspect there are plenty of musicians out there who would argue with me.