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Originally Posted by zerospinboson
No, I believe that the point was being made that artists unrealistically all expect to become the next Dan Brown, with Mojo countering that they should expect to make nothing (at least for a decade or two), and as such not try to subsist on the dole (and whine), but get a normal-paying job first, and then perhaps later choose to devote themselves to their "art" (once they've been recognized by more people than themselves).
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Whilst I agree with this premise I'm not sure it is truly what the "free brigade" are saying.
If that were really the point then why not simply say that rather than saying authors should give their work away for free and let the audience decide, after they have read it, whether or not they want to pay for it? They should do this expecting nothing and just for the joy of writing and if some money comes their way they should rejoice at this unexpected largesse of their audience.
There seesm to be very much a "enjoy writing and do it for free or become a souless money hungry corporate drone that only cares about the money" feeling around here. Personally I don't see why one can't enjoy writing but still want to be paid for it.
Cheers,
PKFFW