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Is there even any money in writing novels anymore? Hasn't
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Is there even any money in writing novels anymore? Hasn't everyone kind of stopped reading books now adays.
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Of course there is money if you can attract enough readers. The Girl on the Train sold millions of copies in the US alone.

Selling the rights to Hollywood is where the money is.
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You don't do it for the money
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It's not that people don't read anymore, it's just that it's only middle-aged women who read nowadays.
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>>7609631
writers writing to writers hoping to sell comic rights or film rights
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There was never money in writing novels. 90% of authors had a "main" job unless they were international bestsellers.
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The Hunger Games, Harry Potter, John Green shite, Tao Lin.
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>writing for fame and money

How fucking pleb can you be?
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