>writing
>not a degenerate career

pick one

>>17288965

journalism requires a very intense journalism focus. the first step is going to fucking college and studying journalism for four years. then getting an internship and wokring your way up. it is in no way a lax industry.

you can try to make it as a blogger online, but that bubbles burst and it relies mostly on randomness as opposed to skill (and of course selling out).

writers who publish books dont get enough money to live off of unless their books get picked up as a movie.

even writers with over 30 books in their series still have jobs on the side. my boyfriend published 5 novels so far, and he still has a day job. the guy who created the Xanth series (as well as many other series) still has to run an entire farm to support his family.

being a great writer and being a passioante writer are two different things. if you are passionate, write for fun and seek publication where you can.

consider writing a radio play first (Extremely easy to produce, free even) and use that to push people to buy your paper back novels to gain hype. once you have hype start sending out your books to be published and make note of your independent success.

>/pol/ack
>journalism

Keep your biased, prejudice cancer to yourself.

>>17288965
>/pol/ack here
>Hoping to acquire some wise words from you guys.
Get off /pol/. That shit's poison. Hey, you asked for wise words.

>What would be the first steps to get your foot into the door of journalism/writing and possibly just get an average paying writing job?
Copy-editing.