/lit/ - Literature

Today I daydreamed of selling out by giving up all literary pretentions and just writing nordic noir where a troubled, alcoholic detective hunts a serial killer in a city in the grip of winter.
In my daydream I've been a published author for a while but have not found financial success, selling out being a desperate attempt to make ends meet and buy time to write a Great Work.
But I don't write a Great Work, instead becoming trapped in the success of selling out and writing sequels to the detective story. Dead inside, I just make whatever my editors tell the focus groups want.
Wouldn't it be sweet to get to a point in your career where selling out is even an option?

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It took me all week so far to get to 2k words. Will it get easier from here on out? Not likely!