Pay Yourself to Write | Jane Friedman

A combination of issues make us hesitant to deal with the financial part of our creative career.

The deeply internalized acceptance of the starving artist myth.

The belief that accepting money for our art compromises our status as real artists and makes us sell-outs.

The conditioning that writers are bad with money and therefore must rely on other people to manage it.

The overwhelm at the thought of learning money management skills.

The personal money baggage that has to do with how you grew up and saw money being used around you.

Delegating your financial responsibilities puts your ability to support yourself through your creative work in other peoples' hands. This delegation allows others the opportunity to profit from and exploit your talents and body of creative work.