Surveys

Writer's Magazine 2008

The website for writers

The survey

The results of previous surveys

Writing habit

Reading habits

Motivation to write

What new writers need

Getting a publishing deal

The Future of self-publishing

Book buying habits and motivations

The results provide an insight to the realities of the writer's life.

Getting started:

You want more mentoring schemes and that secondary education could do much more to teach writing.

More support from the big publishers.

	Everybody wants a literary agent to help bring their work to publication.
	Interestingly, a part-time job was not seen as the answer.

Scholarships and subsidies were, surprisingly, not popular with respondents. You wanted more investment by publishers in new writers.

Where do you like to read?

What technology do you employ for your writing?

A writer's ambitions

About half our respondent tend to be based in Europe and a quarter in North America. The median age is always in the late 30's and the gender split is normally 55:45, Women to Men.

Thanks for taking part.

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