Julie Duffy
Host of the StoryADay in May creative challenge. Tweeting and retweeting things of interest to readers and writers, as well as news and reminders about StADa.
I cannot stress enough the important of those three points. They sum up the only three reasons to get into a business in the first place. You want to turn a profit, you want to build an asset you’re proud of, and you want to enjoy yourself.
You don’t have to build a scalable startup.
Jon Westenberg
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The three points Jon makes about starting a business are questions that apply equally to writers who are thinking about going pro.
Writing for fun is one thing. But we’re quickly pressured to believe the only way to be a “real” writer is for someone to be paying is. Not so. By accepting money for our writing we are not “becoming a real writer”. We are, rather, making the decision to start a business: Me, Writer, LLC.
At which point, I refer us all back to Jon’s three excellent questions.
