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The "Writer's Dream" Is Dead

(timdenning.substack.com)
shared by codenprose 5 days ago | 3 points
https://timdenning.substack.com/p/the-writers-dream-is-dead

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codenprose 5 days ago

Writing is a gateway to so much more. Your value can be sold in multiple ways and writing is the format people are LEAST LIKELY TO PAY FOR.

I view writing online, especially on Substack, similarly to creating videos on YouTube. Nobody pays for videos on YouTube, yet, there is money to be made.

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codenprose 5 days ago

We don't want more info. And we're not paying for life lessons or poetry posts – that all must be free.

What if the future of paid content is free?

What if creators become more like artists and customers are true fans?

I'm paying writers right now not because I read all of their gated content, I'd still pay them even if everything was publicly available.

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