(And I helpfully demonstrate both sides of the statement... it's also clear that I would be making stuff if I wasn't making a living at it, because I was doing it before. However, given the ability to actually make a living, I a) can make BETTER things, because I can spend more time on them and hire people to help make them better and b) am a hell of a lot less stressed-out and depressed, and less likely to go out in a tragic bang.)
I'm not sure what percentage of word-only authors can actually support themselves, though.
Now, if you implement minimum guaranteed income, so that I *and the artists I would otherwise have to hire* can survive without selling stuff, I'll happily trickle on making stuff for free.
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I make a living at content creation!
(And I helpfully demonstrate both sides of the statement... it's also clear that I would be making stuff if I wasn't making a living at it, because I was doing it before. However, given the ability to actually make a living, I a) can make BETTER things, because I can spend more time on them and hire people to help make them better and b) am a hell of a lot less stressed-out and depressed, and less likely to go out in a tragic bang.)
I'm not sure what percentage of word-only authors can actually support themselves, though.
Now, if you implement minimum guaranteed income, so that I *and the artists I would otherwise have to hire* can survive without selling stuff, I'll happily trickle on making stuff for free.