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Q&A How overcome the budget constraint while building a fiction writing career?

Write for a large market segment. Write better than most of the other works out there. "Better" here means that you must write exactly what your readers want. In this sense Shades of Grey is a pe...

posted 6y ago by System‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T09:41:53Z (almost 5 years ago)
Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/a/38526
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#2: Initial revision by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T09:41:53Z (almost 5 years ago)
1. Write for a large market segment.

2. Write better than most of the other works out there.

3. Publish where the fans are. E.g. a fanfiction forum.

4. Become part of the community.

If you don't write in the mainstream center of a popular genre, you will never be able to make a living with self-published books.

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2018-08-26T16:31:28Z (about 6 years ago)
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