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Originally Posted by Stringer
Well the mortgage is just something that seems to be turning as a synonym for all the bills that normal adult human being needs to pay to survive. You have another job for that, but how many of those who now make the living from writing would be willing to do same if the donations couldn't pay the bills?
Little bit off-topic don't you think, but why did it fell apart then?
True. I don't have even slightest idea how much they get paid. Or how many if that matters. I'm fairly sure however, that it would be a lot less with the donation system.
By the steady job you mean the second job that might have nothing to do with writing? I don't know what they think, I'm just happy they do so. I just know I don't have so much free time nor energy after my day job, that I would be doing much more than eating and sleeping.
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It fell apart cause I didn't like what they were doing, or what they wanted me to do. Let's chalk it up to my anti-authoritarian nature and leave it at that
And I don't think donations would pay the bills, I think I've already stated that. What I do think is that there will be a lot of writers in the future and musicians, and whatever who will create because that is the end product for them. The payment option won't even figure into their minds. My job is pretty flexible, and I have lots of time at home so writing to me is as much relaxation as it is anything else. It's a hobby that I love to do, that I get energy from, rather than need energy to perform. I find it troublesome that the word 'work' comes up so often in relation to writing, as though it was some terribly difficult occupation that wrenches the very last drop of energy from your soul. I think what I'm getting at is that there should be no expectation of payment when it comes to writing; that's just icing on a cake that's already quite delicious to being with.