Being Paid to Write

Don't Pay Writers - It Only Encourages Them

Paul Bassett Davies | Posted 07.02.2012 | UK Entertainment
Paul Bassett Davies

If a writer is prepared to work without getting paid, how good can they be? If a plumber offers to work for free, that could be a bad sign. But writing isn't like other professions. A struggling writer is a romantic figure; a struggling brain surgeon, less so.