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Q&A How can one "treat writing as a job" even though it doesn't pay?

I hear this advice a lot: "Treat your writing as a job." But it seems to me that this is easier said/done when it is actually paying off and, thus, one is encouraged to do it. But what if one is be...

4 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by user394536‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by Mark Baker‭

#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T13:14:42Z (almost 5 years ago)
Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/q/48979
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#2: Initial revision by user avatar user394536‭ · 2019-12-08T13:14:42Z (almost 5 years ago)
I hear this advice a lot: "Treat your writing as a job." But it seems to me that this is easier said/done when it is actually paying off and, thus, one is encouraged to do it. But what if one is being discouraged by painful (even bewildering) rejections? How then does one 'treat it as a job' when it isn't even paying in any sense?

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2019-11-16T12:31:26Z (about 5 years ago)
Original score: 9