Comments on: Writing for Money: Selling Our Souls?

By: BreannaC

BreannaC — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 01:00:04 +0000

This was a truly inspiring article. I recently joined the online Triond community because I wanted to write. I wanted others to read and enjoy the things I had to say…yet it wasn’t long before I was wondering how to generate revenue instead of earnestly continuing in my quest to bring my thoughts to the world. Thank you.

By: Paul Butters

Paul Butters — Tue, 21 Sep 2010 18:17:32 +0000

Thanks for the reminder. Everything in moderation I suppose. Never forget your roots though. Good advice.

By: sharamiracle

sharamiracle — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 14:07:33 +0000

The value of what we write comes from our inner Self. Because we place value on our creativity, we expect the same value to be returned to us. External rewards are poor substitutes for inner happiness. The problem is we want our outer and inner world to match. When they don’t we try to adjust our inner Self to match external conditions, so we try harder. Until we begin to recognize we give value to the world, the world does not give it to us, we will continue to look for external reward as well as solutions that are not there.

By: princess serenity

princess serenity — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 18:25:03 +0000

I wrote a poem but it just earned a couple of bucks but when I wrote about farmville I got to earn a lot more. I does not mean I sold my soul. I really like farmville. I just so happend that other people like it too. It is just finding the line between what you like and what the readers like. I’m still writing poems and still be writing about farmville.

By: magicdarts

magicdarts — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 07:13:08 +0000

While I reluctantly accept the need for some degree of marketing, I definitely agree that its better to write what you really believe in and know and then “promote” it by being an active participant – plus I find so many great ideas and inspiration in other peoples work.

Thanks for this!

By: Samiul Islam

Samiul Islam — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 08:50:48 +0000

yeah, i wrote some garbage poems once. 4 of them actually, thinking that they will bring me lots of views. Also wrote an article on a manga i liked. Then after 3 months the 4 poems brought me 7 views while the manga article brought me 150 views without any promotion……..i learned my lesson and i now write what I like not what i can’t do……

http://jfl-my-thoughts.blogspot.com/

By: Mary S Bithell

Mary S Bithell — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 14:28:29 +0000

Thank you. Great article! A writer should love what they do! That is when they will be able to write to the best of their ability or have the desire to explore, expand, learn, grow, etc. Thank you for sharing! Happy writing…

By: theresacall

theresacall — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 23:54:31 +0000

damn i already sold my soul before i started writing… that must be why i am making no money with this career…

By: STEVE666

STEVE666 — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 17:43:25 +0000

Very informative Mnof

By: PhoenixRox

PhoenixRox — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 13:10:46 +0000

Nice article Mnof. I have always liked Triond, as it is a good platform for any new writer to express him/herself . I have made some rather wonderful friends here and love the fact that there are writers from across the world here. The monitory part is just a little perk, not the driving force. I am sure that is the case with almost all of us here.