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Re:Who Pays Writers? by circlefavshape on Monday July 22, 2019 @10:56AM (#20498560)
> To a first order approximation, creative writing is a leisure pursuit

Writing music is the same ... though FWIW writing music is a really fun leisure pursuit

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Re:Who Pays Writers? by alehul on Monday July 22, 2019 @04:39PM (#20502109)
On the idea of leisurely pursuits:

"I must study politics and war, that our sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy. Our sons ought to study mathematics and philosophy, geography, natural history and naval architecture, navigation, commerce and agriculture in order to give their children a right to study painting, poetry, music, architecture, statuary, tapestry and porcelain."

— John Adams

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Re:Who Pays Writers? by bluescrn on Monday July 22, 2019 @02:13PM (#20500628)
Game development is heading in the same direction. Great fun as a hobby, but it’s getting ever harder to make a career out of it
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