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<blockquote data-quote="Shardstone" data-source="post: 8008723" data-attributes="member: 6807784"><p>This has been an illuminating conversation to read.</p><p></p><p>Despite the typo in my name, I recently graduated with honors + awards from a Masters program in English. I have run a successful Kickstarter for my RPG product that earned 1000% of its required goal. I have fully committed to writing as my art form. And this thread has just further proven to me that I will never be paid the money that I think my art is worth because people just don't value writers.</p><p></p><p>That's the bottom line of it. People don't value writers, authors, designers, etc, because many people, even if they won't readily admit this, don't think writing skill is worth all that much. They think because they are native speakers and can write a 5 paragraph essay that their writing ability is above average and that they don't need to go the extra mile. You have to be someone of impossible talent <em>and experience </em>in order to convince people that your written words are worth more than the average (and the average is quite low).</p><p></p><p>And then people will tell you that art isn't worth money and that you should accept being poor if you are an artist. Because they don't value you. They say they will, they'll cite their books and their collections and this and that, but they don't really value you like they do visual artists (of who are literally always in demand) or their figurine armies or their tokens and so on and so forth. </p><p></p><p>Everything Owens has said I've either experienced or have expected (as I'm still quite new to the industry). But what amazes me is that I've experienced all of this in other fields that deal with the written word as well. Publishing, editing, so on and so forth, all of it leads to the same place, and that's undervalued work, rude clients, and a total lack of regard for the amount of training, skill, and ability it requires to make a clear, effective, concise, and <em>good </em>piece of writing.</p><p></p><p>If this comes off as elitist or snubby, I don't intend that. Much like Owen, I'm just stating a fact - writing is not valued in our culture(s).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Shardstone, post: 8008723, member: 6807784"] This has been an illuminating conversation to read. Despite the typo in my name, I recently graduated with honors + awards from a Masters program in English. I have run a successful Kickstarter for my RPG product that earned 1000% of its required goal. I have fully committed to writing as my art form. And this thread has just further proven to me that I will never be paid the money that I think my art is worth because people just don't value writers. That's the bottom line of it. People don't value writers, authors, designers, etc, because many people, even if they won't readily admit this, don't think writing skill is worth all that much. They think because they are native speakers and can write a 5 paragraph essay that their writing ability is above average and that they don't need to go the extra mile. You have to be someone of impossible talent [I]and experience [/I]in order to convince people that your written words are worth more than the average (and the average is quite low). And then people will tell you that art isn't worth money and that you should accept being poor if you are an artist. Because they don't value you. They say they will, they'll cite their books and their collections and this and that, but they don't really value you like they do visual artists (of who are literally always in demand) or their figurine armies or their tokens and so on and so forth. Everything Owens has said I've either experienced or have expected (as I'm still quite new to the industry). But what amazes me is that I've experienced all of this in other fields that deal with the written word as well. Publishing, editing, so on and so forth, all of it leads to the same place, and that's undervalued work, rude clients, and a total lack of regard for the amount of training, skill, and ability it requires to make a clear, effective, concise, and [I]good [/I]piece of writing. If this comes off as elitist or snubby, I don't intend that. Much like Owen, I'm just stating a fact - writing is not valued in our culture(s). [/QUOTE]
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