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how does one make a living as a scifi/fantasy/romance writer? i write plenty of emails at work and ive written two thesis but thats no fun. i hate my boring offoce job so much i want to quit so badly but theres no way i could make a living off writing anytime soon. i feel so stupid and hopeless.. what should i do?

>> No.20991558

Sauce?

And its hard now op. A lot of it is maintaining a social media presence.

>> No.20991687

>>20991558
>lot of it is maintaining a social media presence
w-what about providing quality content to your readers?

>> No.20992283

>>20991477
Pick your favorite genre, read widely in it, then write your own book. Make sure you're aware of word counts for the genre/age demographic beforehand so you don't have to go through the hell of reducing word count like I currently am.

>> No.20992298

>>20991477
Honestly? Easiest start is to write fan fiction.
1. Build an audience
2. Get them to follow you on patron & do special requests/commissions
3. ????
4. Profit

>> No.20993848
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20993848

>>20991558
also would like to know sauce.

>> No.20993934

>>20992283
reducing word count is fun. the less words you employ to communicate something the better

>> No.20993997

>>20991477
>tfw no girl who asks me out

>> No.20995481

>>20991477
You don’t. Get a real job.

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20995980

>>20991558
>>20993848
Found it. It's porn.
https://e-hentai.org/g/1267580/04674f5a68/
Yandex is the best. I love Russians.

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>>20995980

>> No.20996099

>>20991687
>w-what about providing quality content to your readers?
where do you think those readers are coming from in the first place? getting your name out there is the hard part. it used to be that quality was important and then the people would come where as now its getting your name out there. even if you shell out and blast out 10k ARCs these days you will get fuck all back from it.

>> No.20997243

>>20991477
>how does one make a living as a scifi/fantasy/romance writer?
By writing.